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News

Voices The readers write .............................................................................................................4 Street Talk How well do you know Missoula’s weed biz? .......................................................4 The Week in Review The news of the day, one day at a time..................................................6 Briefs Remembrance of springs past, closing time at Missoula, and an incidental heron ......6 Etc. Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts’ new ethical dilemma...................................................................7 News Flathead’s controversial forest plan..................................................................................8 News Rage on: Semi-pro football returns to Missoula ..............................................................8 Opinion Dan Brooks: a cutting-edge solution to America’s gun violence problem .............10 Special Section The Indy guide to medical marijuana in Missoula

Arts & Entertainment

Arts Greg Johnson gives a candid take on his career with Montana Rep....................12 Music Strange Ranger, Partygoers, Dead/Wicked City .................................................13 Music Why singer-songwriter Kalie Rider stayed the hell in Dodge............................14 Film Black Panther’s well-rounded characters rule ....................................................15 Movie Shorts Independent takes on current films .....................................................16 BrokeAss Gourmet It’s time to break out the roasted roots ....................................17 Happiest Hour Drum Coffee’s winter menu..............................................................19 8 Days a Week Just once we want a six-day week. Is that too much to ask? ..................20 Agenda Fighting for justice with the ACLU..................................................................25 Mountain High Ski jumping at the Snowbowl Cup Gelande.....................................26

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News of the Weird ......................................................................................................11 Classifieds....................................................................................................................27 The Advice Goddess ...................................................................................................28 Free Will Astrology .....................................................................................................30 Crossword Puzzle .......................................................................................................33 This Modern World.....................................................................................................34

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missoulanews.com • February 22–March 1, 2018 [3]

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STREET TALK

By Derek Brouwer

Do you know anyone who uses medical marijuana? If so, have you seen it benefit them?

How many medical marijuana providers do you think are in Missoula, and how many cardholders would you guess are registered in Montana?

Michael Richter: Yes, I’ve known several people with epilepsy, and it has amazing benefits so that they don’t have to take other prescription medications. County providers: 30.

Cardholders statewide: 1,000.

Mackenzie Cole: Yes, I know people who have used it for back pain, and they say it helps them sleep at night. History lesson: There used to be a shit-ton, when you could buy anything. It seems like it’s on the rise — one just went in next to my house. 30. So close: I think it’s pretty low. I’m going to guess 20,000.

Susan Higginbotham: I’m actually a patient, so yes, greatly. I would be on quite a lot of medication if it weren’t for cannabis.

Maybe more: Maybe 10. The number is growing: I want to say maybe 7,000.

We smell #sarcasm

I applaud the journalists at Missoula’s Independent for their accurate coverage on the Mike Adams event (“Etc: Mike Adams, Maria Cole and the mouths of privilege,” Feb. 15). As a woman, I am appalled at the university’s acceptance of such an openly bigoted, racist, misogynist, xenophobic, homophobic, transphobic, uhm … racist, white male.

Having no privilege or power (remember: I’m a woman), I hopelessly fear that Mike Adams’ words will have an irreversibly negative impact on the children enrolled at the University of Montana. Recently, I’ve petitioned for the university to include more wheelchair ramps exclusively for women — able-bodied and otherwise — campaigning under the header “Ramp Up Women, Step Off Men” in an attempt to equalize the gender power imbalance on fervent display on the UM campus. After witnessing the positive reception to Mike Adams’ toxic speech, I fear my Woman Ramps will never see the light of day.

“No journalism school in its right mind would have sponsored Tuesday’s event, which began and ended with Christian prayer.” This is exactly right. UM was not in its right mind to accept Mike Adams. How can we correct this? What tools are available for us to correct the wrong minds on UM campus? So as not to repeat the liberal acceptance of wrongmind-thinking individuals? Required diversity, equity and compassion courses?

Perhaps we could religiously chant antihate rhymes?

Every day I see men bounding up the library steps two, sometimes three steps at a time, and I’m reminded of my short, stubby, cottage-cheesy lady legs. Where is King Tester when we need him the most?

Edna Welthorpe Missoula

Yet no one laughed

Sarah Cowan: Yes, oh my gosh, in so many ways.

Not only helping people for the reasons they use it, but also just having medical marijuana available to them — not making it taboo — is awesome. It’s there for the reason they need it.

Guessing high: I have no idea. Let’s just go with 100. I think that’s maybe high. And very low: 300.

(There were 50 providers in Missoula County and 22,177 cardholders statewide as of Dec. 29, 2017, according to Department of Public Health and Human Services statistics)

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[4] Missoula Independent • February 22–March 1, 2018

Among the many bad-faith arguments associated with this speech, Mike Adams lied to his fans and readers in his Oct. 19 column on townhall.net. He claimed he was physically banned from the UM campus after Maria Cole announced his lecture. He’s done nothing in the months since to correct the record. There are book sales and speaking fees to think about. The likes of Steve Daines and Greg

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Gianforte (unbelievably, the journalistbeater also recorded a finger-wagging defense of First Amendment rights) aren’t going to pass up a chance to monetize a manufactured controversy. This entire event was a joke.

Rebecca Schmitz facebook.com/missoulaindependent

will never see the

needs to make immediate budget cuts.

However, the intended funding changes affecting therapeutic foster care and home-support services will result in cuts to community mental health that are far deeper than intended and will place our most vulnerable Montanans at risk.

The proposed cuts to community mental health services have not been finalized, but providers have already been forced to make difficult decisions so that they can continue to provide desperately needed support to Montanans.

Youth Dynamics has made difficult internal changes to limit expenditures, but we have not laid off employees, cut services or closed offices because we do not believe it is necessary at this time.

Changes have not been finalized and we have too many staff, children and families who are counting on us. We are searching for solutions so that we can continue to support Montana’s most vulnerable youth and families with these essential services.

As chief executive officer of Youth Dynamics, I am still confident that we can work with the Department of Public Health and Human Services to build a budget that is fiscally responsible, and is not balanced at the expense of Montana’s most vulnerable.

Peter Degel Missoula

light of day.”

So many quotations

Surviving cuts

It is easy to dismiss the budget cuts being considered by the Department of Public Health and Human Services as an easy way to save money (“The budget hits keep coming for Missoula Health Care,” Feb. 15). However, the latest round of proposed cuts to home-support services and therapeutic foster care

“After witnessing the positive reception to Mike Adams’ toxic speech, I fear my Woman Ramps

create a potentially serious situation when coupled with the drastic rate reduction for case-management services.

If the proposed cuts are finalized, it is questionable whether any organization will be able to provide these essential services. These cuts will negatively impact the health of our citizens for years to come.

Community services like therapeutic foster care and home support keep families together and help children overcome trauma. Eliminating these intermediate levels of care will lead to an increase in youth being unnecessarily referred to more expensive options, such as emergency rooms, hospitals and long-term residential treatment.

We understand that the Department of Public Health and Human Services

The shameless self-promoter P.T. Barnum adopted the slogan, “There’s a sucker born every minute,” to become the best marketer of his day. Now the proverbial circus is back in town. Only this time the carnival barker, Donald Trump, is trying to manage all three rings of the circus, and one-third of his performers are gone. Mark Twain said it best: “It is better to be silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm the fact.” So the performance is not going well. And only the faithful are calling it something besides a s---hole. He really needs you faithful to pull off this act, so stay engaged. Look for the military parade with a golf cart in the lead. One of my favorite sayings come to mind: “If you are getting run out of town, get in front and act like it is a parade.” I never imagined it would apply to a president.

Doug Kikkert Clinton

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WEEK IN REVIEW Wednesday, February 14 The Montana Department of Commerce announces the creation of its first full-time position dedicated solely to expanding and promoting tribal tourism across the state.

Recruitment for the new post ends Feb. 26.

Thursday, February 15 Members of the Griz community join to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the university’s chartering in 1893. The celebration finishes with a fireworks display on the Oval.

Friday, February 16 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival opener Dark Money screens for a packed crowd at the Wilma. Afterward, Gov. Steve Bullock nearly bowls over an Indy staffer while moving to hug former Commissioner of Political Practices Jonathan Motl.

Saturday, February 17 A cable derailment leaves roughly 160 people stranded on a chairlift at Red Lodge Mountain. Ski patrollers evacuate 40 using ropes before the lift resumes long enough to offload the rest.

Closing time

Rebranding ‘Missoula’

It’s been a surreal six years during which Missoula has been not just the name of this city, but also of a deer-logoed, Montana-themed chain of bars in the U.K. owned by pub conglomerate Stonegate, which has a portfolio of more than 600 bars. Company chairman Ian Payne was inspired by his annual visits to Montana — and the service at Darby’s Triple Creek Ranch — to export Missoula’s special huckleberry something to Britain. He was way ahead of Justin Timberlake.

The past two weeks have been rough on the Missoula brand: Two Missoulas, in Romford and Chelmsford (think of them as the Bonner and Drummond of London), were rebranded into different properties owned by Stonegate, and a Missoula club in Durham remains closed following the recent crushing death of a young woman in a line outside. Last year, another location was closed to pivot to an Australian theme. Stonegate had not responded to a request for comment on its Missoulabranded properties by press time.

As the Indy has previously reported (see “The Answers Issue,” Aug. 25 2016), Payne hired Triple

Creek manager Molly Smith to consult on the brand, which he was trying to refine. Smith recently left Triple Creek to pursue a restaurant career, and is currently living just across the Washington border from Portland. She told the Indy that it isn’t surprising that Stonegate is rebranding some Missoula locations, based on what she saw and heard on her last visit, about a year ago. She says that in a conversation with Payne last year, he talked about how difficult it was to maintain a small group of high-end bar-and-grills within a company where volume is crucial.

“What we were creating was a premium brand,” Smith says. “It was too much money and time, so that’s not surprising. They try to do more of a fastpaced, get in, get out.” Smith’s involvement with Missoula ended after her consulting work was over, but her friendship with Payne continued. Coincidentally, this fall was the first time since 2005 that Payne didn’t make his annual trip to Montana, Smith says.

One cultural barrier was the brand’s emphasis on customer service, something Smith says was difficult to get British staff on board with, in part due to differences in service-worker compensation. “In England, they don’t work for tips. People there don’t automatically tip like we do,” she says. “The servers

were like, ‘Why am I going to work harder?’”

It’s not that customers never tip, she says. “I was trying to explain to them, I traveled around the country and worked at a bunch of pubs they owned and I was able to get tips,” Smith says. “I don’t know if that’s because I was American? It was hard to change the mindset of people in the industry.”

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

Trapping

An incidental heron

The death of a great blue heron in the Bitterroot kicked up dust this month. Photos of the bird — its leg pinched in a leg-hold trap — popped up on the Facebook page of Trap Free Montana Public Lands on Jan. 29, and have since been shared 147 times. The first line of the nonprofit’s post refers to the images as “trapping in all it’s [sic] raw honesty and indiscriminate cruelty.”

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks investigated the situation, and Region 2 Warden Captain Joe Jaquith says the trap owner was issued a warning for failing to fill out an incidental take form for nontarget species. Jaquith characterized the failure as an “oversight” on the part of the trapper, whom, he

Sunday, February 18 After decades of serving shakes to Missoulians, the Uptown Diner closes its doors for the last time.

Monday, February 19 Darby High School student MacLean Kayser, 18, is arrested in Ravalli County after allegedly making a threat on Snapchat referencing the recent school shooting in Florida that left 17 dead. He is charged with felony assault with a weapon.

Tuesday, February 20 Sen. Jon Tester files for reelection. The Montana GOP seizes the moment to attack Tester for “blind party loyalty,” even as news breaks that Tester will split with Democrats on a controversial banking bill.

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[news] adds, FWP has never had issues with before. Though great blue herons are protected under the federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act, incidental capture itself isn’t illegal. Not that FWP has much experience with this particular scenario.

“I’ve been a warden for over 30 years, and it’s the first time I’ve ever had anybody with a heron in a trap,” Jaquith says. “So it’s really a very, very unusual occurrence. It’s the first time I’d heard of it anywhere in the state.”

Setting the politics of trapping aside, similar incidents appear to be extremely uncommon in Montana, at least according to FWP citation data acquired by the Indy. Those records reveal that from 2005 to 2015, agency law enforcement logged only one case involving the killing or possession of protected wild birds by a trapper. That incident occurred in December 2006 in Beaverhead County and resulted in a $100 fine.

Citations for failing to report incidental captures are also fairly rare. FWP recorded just one violation of failing to report the snaring of a non-target species statewide between 2005 and 2015, and 17 violations of failing to report trapping of a big-game animal. All but two of those incidents resulted in fines ranging from $50 to $220. The most common trapping-specific violation statewide, according to the data, is the setting of traps without name and address tags, accounting for 67 citations over that same span, with results ranging from dismissals to $250 fines.

Regarding incidental captures, Jaquith says it would be difficult to make them illegal, as there’s no apparent intent to trap non-target species. But when it does happen, FWP wants to know. Incidental capture forms are submitted to the state furbearer coordinator, Jaquith explains, and if certain non-target animals are winding up in traps with increased frequency, it may indicate the need for a regulation change.

“If our investigation finds that the trapper has a ticket coming, they will get cited for it,” Jaquith says.

“But at the same time, if we investigate some of these and there is no violation even though there’s people that think that there should be … we’re supposed to be as nonpartisan about it as possible.”

Alex Sakariassen

Hot water

Springs of yore

Jeff Birkby was raised in Iowa and like many a flatlander, was captivated by the natural wonders of Montana. “I’d never been to a hot springs before moving to Montana,” Birkby says. “It’s just a magical natural phenomenon to have hot water coming out of the ground! And you go, ‘Oh my gosh, what’s that about?’ It is amazing.” Birkby is now the proud author of the definitive guidebooks to the hot springs of not just Montana, but Wyoming, Oregon and Washington, and on March 1 he’ll deliver a lecture at Fact & Fiction to accompany his latest, Montana’s Hot Springs, a photo-and-text history of the state’s steamiest natural resource.

Montana’s hot springs have been a godsend to weary travelers, a lifesaver for freezing trappers and social epicenters for all. Native Americans made use of them prior to the arrival of European settlers, many of whom came from countries with venerable hot springs traditions of their own.

In the late 1970s, Birkby came to Montana for graduate school, then went to work for the state Department of Natural Resources.

When a geothermal energy specialist position was created, Birkby applied, and it became his actual job to visit all the state’s hot springs. “My role was mainly to meet the owners on these ranches and farms and small little resorts in Montana,” Birkby says. “This was back in the ’80s, when you could drive up in a state vehicle and say, ‘Hi, I’m with the government and I’m here to talk to you.’”

For this book, he’s drawn on those years of traveling the state and historical research aided by Montana libraries and archives to illustrate what the springs we soak in today, like Quinn’s, Lolo and Chico, looked like more than 100 years ago, and to document resorts and spas that long ago were de-

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Whitefish athlete Maggie Voisin’s final run score in the snowboard slopestyle event at the Winter Games in PyeongChang on Feb. 17. She placed fourth, just missing a bronze medal. stroyed by fire or neglect.

Some ambitious Montanans built palatial resorts around hot springs during the state’s early booms in expectation of a Montana that never materialized. “A lot of them thought that Helena would be the next Seattle or Minneapolis,” Birkby says. “So they were building these structures in anticipation of the urbanization of Montana.” Helena’s Broadwater Hotel, with 6,000 square feet of stained-glass windows and silver-trimmed marble soaking tubs, stayed in business for just six years, the book reports, before briefly being used as a nightclub in the 1930s.

Running a springs even today can be a challenge, Birkby says. “The history of most of the resorts in Montana is a lot of owners, over many years,” he says. “Some have come with stars in their eyes, who think, ‘Well, I've got all this wonderful free hot water.

I can make a lot of money.’

But if they don’t know the business, or how to market, it can be hard for them to have that resource.”

With all of Birkby’s knowledge of Montana hot springs, past and present, there’s one question he’s asked most frequently. “People say, ‘Where are the secret hot springs in Montana that no one knows about?’” His answer? “There’s no secrets with the internet.” Ours is a very different world from the one in Montana’s Hot Springs, but the goal is the same: getting into hot water.

Susan Elizabeth Shepard

ETC. People — complete strangers, mostly — have sent Jordon Dyrdahl-Roberts about $80,000 since the Helena resident quit his job this month. The still-increasing amount is, as Dyrdahl-Roberts notes, a lot more than he was making as a legal secretary for the Department of Labor and Industry. But supporters have been inspired by and sympathetic to the Feb. 7 announcement, via tweet, of DyrdahlRoberts’ act of conscience.

Dyrdahl-Roberts says he resigned after one of the department’s attorneys told him to keep an eye out for Immigration and Customs Enforcement subpoenas. He resigned before the subpoenas, which he assumed would be used to “hunt someone down and deport them,” crossed his desk. If they had reached him, Dyrdahl-Roberts says, his job would have been to compile the requested information, type up a cover letter and sign his name at the bottom.

The state agency processed plenty of ICE subpoenas under the Obama administration, too. Dyrdahl-Roberts tells the Indy that he may have processed similar subpoenas previously without realizing what he was doing. But once he knew, he says, he couldn’t continue to do it in good conscience.

The financial support began flowing after Dyrdahl-Roberts, who had tweeted about his family’s tenuous financial position, posted a link to his PayPal account. The account had received about $20,000 by the time he tweeted again, less than a day later, to encourage his new supporters to donate to other causes. As of press time, he says the PayPal account has received $40,000, while a separate GoFundMe set up in his name by an online supporter has raised another $38,200.

Now Dyrdahl-Roberts finds himself in a second ethical dilemma: What to do with all that cash.

Some people, he says, have encouraged him to run for office, but he isn’t interested in moderating his positions to appeal to constituents. Instead, he plans to look for a job where he can “do some good,” perhaps at an immigration law firm, or as a writer or journalist.

“I feel like it’s my responsibility to do something that earns that support,” he says.

Once he finds his footing, Dyrdahl-Roberts says, he’ll consider donating any leftover contributions.

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Earlier this month, the Flathead Na- was echoed by WildEarth Guardians, the thread connecting the various tional Forest received a flurry of objec- which, in a statement announcing its points of opposition. Road density, tions to a proposed plan that would objection, accused the Forest Service motorized use, timber harvest — all guide forest management for at least the of reneging on earlier promises to de- these, he says, are indicative of next decade. The letters came from commission 500 miles of road in the greater consternation over carbon more than a dozen conservation non- new plan. WildEarth spokesperson output. It’s a point the Swan View profits, and unanimously criticized for- Marla Fox says provisions addressing Coalition articulated in its own forest est officials for failing to recommend the Flathead’s infrastructure consti- plan alternative, dubbed Citizen adequate protections for grizzly bears tute a “weakening” of habitat protec- reVision, first drafted in 2006 and and bull trout. One “citizen obupdated in 2014. That docujection” letter from WildEarth ment outlines numerous conGuardians included the signaservation principles aimed at tures of more than 4,000 indipreserving and improving viduals nationwide. wildlife habitat. Combined, None of the nonprofits’ arCitizen reVision states, they guments are new. Since the reduce carbon emissions and forest plan revision process promote human health.

Expanding roadless areas began in 2013, conservationand designating more wilderists have repeatedly urged the ness “prevents cutting the Flathead to preserve remaining trees, which releases carbon,” roadless areas as designated Hammer says. “It prevents wilderness and dramatically reroad building, which conduce its existing road network, sumes a bunch of carbon and all in the interest of improving literally paves the way for habitat for grizzlies and other more carbon consumption species. The Flathead’s initial and carbon emissions. And it response to the objections rebans motorized vehicles, flected how long these wires which puts people in the posihave been live, with plan revition to pursue a healthier sion leader John Krueger lifestyle, go out and get some telling the Missoulian recently, exercise instead of spewing “We’ve seen it all before.” carbon emissions into the air.”

Swan View Coalition Chair Once finalized, the FlatKeith Hammer isn’t confident The new Flathead forest plan will guide manhead’s new forest plan will that the latest salvo will result agement for decades. dictate management of the in substantive changes before the plan is finalized. Still, he says, this tions compared to the current plan. forest for the next 10 to 15 years. But fight is of particular importance to the She finds that especially troubling, Fox cautions that the plan could be conservation community, and it’s bigger since this is one of the first forest in place even longer, noting that the than the Flathead National Forest. This plan revisions in the country since Flathead’s current plan was adopted forest plan revision includes amended the Forest Service adopted new plan- more than 30 years ago. And if conplans on three other national forests in ning rules in 2012, placing stronger servationists don’t fight to the bitter western Montana — the Kootenai, Lolo emphasis on climate change and the end this time around, Hammer fears and Helena-Lewis and Clark — to bring recovery of threatened and endan- what might come out of the revision process next time. grizzly habitat management into har- gered species.

“With our changing climate and “This is a plan that allows an unmony. That means any changes on the Flathead will be replicated across the everything that goes with that — species limited number of roads and an unNorthern Continental Divide Ecosystem. viability, connectivity with increased de- limited trails for mountain biking and “The situation we have that’s velopment — it’s a struggle,” Fox says. human impacts to go right into the unique right now, compared to earlier “This is kind of setting the stage for fu- heart of the ecosystem,” he says. forest plans, is this is all geared to delist ture forest plans, and that’s why it’s such “What would the next plan look like if people didn’t stand up against this the grizzly bear in the Northern Conti- a big deal.”

Though climate change wasn’t one?” nental Divide,” Hammer says.

Concern about the broad impacts specifically cited in all of this month’s asakariassen@missoulanews.com beyond the Flathead National Forest objections, Hammer casts the issue as

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Semi-pro football returns to Missoula

by Micah Drew

In the heart of Griz Nation, it might surprise people to learn that Missoula has a football team that doesn’t wear maroon and silver.

On Sunday, a dozen people braved the blizzard-like conditions to get to the first practice of the Missoula Rage, the latest iteration of the city’s semi-pro football tradition.

When the four coaches ordered their new players to take three warmup laps around Loyola High School’s indoor basketball court, only six had arrived on time.

“I wish we had more guys, but this weather isn’t giving us a break,” head coach Willie Beamon said as he watched the players form a stretching circle. “Hopefully we’ll get enough guys [next weekend] to actually have a decent practice. I want at least 30.”

Two more players showed up late and jumped into the stretching routine, and by the end of the practice period, 10 men were running drills.

The Rage is part of the Rocky Mountain Football League, which comprises 11 semi-pro teams in Montana, Idaho and Utah. Missoula’s most recent team, the Phoenix, played in the RMFL. At its peak, the league had 26 teams, including squads in the Bitterroot, Bozeman and pretty much every major city in Montana. Today there are four RMFL teams in the state — in Missoula, Kalispell, Helena and Billings.

Rage quarterback Sam Fernandez is beginning his fifth semi-pro season.

He started in the sport as a kid and walked on with the Griz before getting hurt snowboarding. He now works as a youth pastor in Florence and is glad Missoula has a team again. He used to commute to Kalispell every week to play for the Flathead Monsters.

“The only people who play the game semi-pro are people who love the game,” Fernandez said. “You have people who are passionate about the game, or you got the guys who never tried it before. There’s no glory in this.”

Lack of glory didn’t seem to be a deterrent on Sunday.

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Offensive coach Dave Garza advises a player during warm-ups.

more fun in a competitive setting. “I think it just takes a couple weeks for the mind to get back in the swing of things, and I think the hardest part is going to be putting the pads back on.”

The players spent an hour on conditioning, which consisted of minutelong drills at a half-dozen exercise stations. The range of abilities was evident early, from naturally gifted athletes who can dunk a basketball and hang on the rim (which they did during their warm-up laps) to those who looked like they hadn’t seen a jump rope in years.

Beamon addressed that discrepancy up front, shouting encouragement from the sideline.

“Just do what you can, we’re not trying to kill you,” he said. “Not till you put on pads, anyway.”

Despite all that, there was clear

camaraderie among the players from the start, and while some of the players may lack experience, the coaching staff makes up for it.

Head coach Beamon was an AllAmerican linebacker at Boise State in the 1970s, won the Rose Bowl while playing at UCLA in 1976, and spent a season with the New York Jets. He coached the Missoula Phoenix before that team folded, and is the linebackers coach at Hellgate High School every fall.

Offensive coach Dave Garza has played semi-pro ball for years, even after turning 50, and is a recognizable name to Griz Nation diehards, having caught the first pass in the first CatGriz game played in Washington-Grizzly stadium in 1986.

Another member of the Rage staff, and a key factor in getting the new team started, is Jamar Galbreath, a former Division III athlete who played running back for the Phoenix. Galbreath hasn’t decided whether he will step into a player role or a coaching role, but he was vocal and passionate while directing Sunday’s practice.

“This is the beginning, you’re already one day better,” he told the team after leading the post-practice cheer (“Rage on me, rage on three: one, two, three RAGE!”). “We’re building something new. We’re building something great.”

The team has a long way to go before it opens the season with a home game at Loyola’s Rollin Field on April 14.

The players and coaches are aware of that. (“What did we have, two or three throw-uppers today? And we took it easy on them,” Beamon said, chuckling.) But everyone is glad for the chance to play football in their hometown.

“It’s not money-making, but I hope it can keep itself alive,” Beamon said. “This town really needs something this time of year … and I think we can keep semi-pro football alive in Montana.”

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When a teenager armed with an AR-15 rifle killed These suits — which would be sent directly to cit17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, last izens’ homes using census data and distributed in pubweek, Americans were as shocked as they could be by lic places on a first-come, first-severed basis — would something that keeps happening over and over. Mon- allow even the youngest American to launch a razortana’s congressional delegation was shocked, too. In a sharp whirling blade with lethal accuracy faster than a statement to the Billings Gazette, Sen. Jon Tester de- person can fire a gun. Once every teacher and school clared that “our schools should be safe places for our child is wearing a saw suit, would-be shooters who askids, not tragic halls of violence” and warned of “a men- sault our schools will be disintegrated before they can tal health crisis in this country.” His call to not convert pull the trigger, vanishing in a cloud of viscera and the nation’s schoolhouses to temples of ritual violence whirling steel that protects our children from the harmwill probably cost him some votes in November, but a ful effects of violence. man must speak his conscience.

Obviously, this idea is only in the planning stage.

Likewise Rep. Greg Gianforte. Except for when he Certain logistical problems would need to be ironed physically attacked a reporter last spring, the congress- out. For example, the saw suits’ targeting systems man has consistently opposed violence, and last week would have to be visually guided, so that no American, was no different. In his own statement to the Gazette, no matter how old or infirm, can save lives by instantly Gianforte wrote that “officials at every level of govern- killing with only eye movements. And though the suits ment must work together to ensure troubled individ- would need to be sturdy — to support the weight of uals can be addressed before their the saws, their launchers, targeting behavior can escalate into such a “I applaud Tester computers, et cetera — they must coarse, unthinkable tragedy.” One not be bulletproof, so that police must conclude that, as we speak, and Gianforte can still shoot the people wearing Gianforte is developing a long-overthem if somehow that becomes due system to round up mentally ill for having the necessary to preserve public safety. people before they commit crimes.

Anyway, we can end mass I applaud Tester and Gianforte courage to warn killings in America, and manufacfor having the courage to warn turing 300 million laser-guided saw America against the criminally in- America against suits is step one. Step two is to sane, but one element was conspicmake sure no saw suit falls into the uously missing from their the criminally possession of people who are menstatements: gun control. Only Retally ill. Even one recently divorced publican Sen. Steve Daines was security guard with seasonal deinsane...” brave enough to mention it — to pression could use his saw suit to explicitly rule it out. After predicting that we would kill thousands of people, so our mental health screensoon learn more about the man who committed the ing and treatment systems will need to be 100 percent shooting, Daines wrote: effective. That goes double for elementary schools, “…we must remember that any individual who is since children are prone to impulsive behavior, espeintent on harming others will do so regardless of what cially once you give them saw launchers.

Ultimately, however, these death-related conlaws we have in place. I believe it is critical we discuss how we prevent these events from happening. How- cerns are trivial compared to the main goal of proever, I cannot support controversial firearm restriction tecting our Second Amendment rights. Montana’s proposals that would undermine our Second Amend- congressional delegation has done a fine job so far. ment rights and that many experts believe would be Almost every American can buy as many rifles and handguns as he wants, so the dream of the founders ineffective in preventing violent crimes.”

The senator’s terrifying nihilism is correct: No law is complete. Our democracy is pretty much perfect, can protect society from harm. The “controversial with only the inconvenience of children being murfirearm restriction proposals” that every other devel- dered 10 or 20 at a time to blemish the idyll. But once oped nation has implemented wouldn’t do a thing to we build and distribute the saw suits, everything will prevent mass shootings here in the only country where be fine, and the problem of regularly occurring, horthey keep happening. We know gun control doesn’t rifying gun violence will be solved. It won’t be easy, work; that’s why we’ve never tried it. The only thing especially during the first few weeks when we’re still left is to take a common-sense approach to preventing calibrating the launchers. But it must be done, beviolence, by equipping every man, woman and child cause nobody can think of any other way. in the United States with mechanical exoskeletons Dan Brooks is on Twitter at @DangerBrooks. made of laser-guided saws.

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KARMA TAKES WING – A Canada goose got its final revenge on Feb. 1 when, after being shot out of the sky by a hunter in Easton, Maryland, it struck Robert Meilhammer, 51, of Crapo, Maryland, seriously injuring the waterfowler. NPR reported that Meilhammer was hunting with a group when one of the large geese flying overhead was killed and fell about 90 feet, landing on Meilhammer’s head and knocking him out. It also dislodged two of Meilhammer’s teeth. Adult Canada geese weigh about 12 to 14 pounds and can have a wingspan of 6 feet. At press time, Meilhammer was in stable condition after being airlifted to a hospital.

CRIME REPORT – When the city gets to be too much for Jo and Lonnie Harrison of Houston, they escape to their pre-fab vacation cabin, nestled on a 10-acre plot in Madisonville, Texas. Having last visited the property in November, Lonnie set out on Feb. 2 to check on it. But when he arrived, he told KTRK-TV, “I didn’t see the house. All I saw were blocks and pipes sticking out. The whole house gone.” Sgt. Larry Shiver of the Madison County Sheriff’s Department later said, “I’ve never had a house reported stolen in my career yet.” (Update: The house was found a few days later, having been repossessed from the previous owner.)

– Aaron Meininger, 29, of Hernando Beach, Florida, was arrested on Feb. 2 after Hernando County deputies caught him stealing items from the Demarco Family Funeral Home in Spring Hill. When officers arrived, Meininger was carrying a tub of formaldehyde out of the building. They also found makeup, nail polish, electric clippers, soap and other items used in funeral preparation in Meininger’s car. Curiously, the Tampa Bay Times reported, Meininger told deputies that he was “bored” and “messed up” and didn’t even know what kind of business he was burgling. He said he probably would have just thrown the stolen items away.

INEXPLICABLE – SOMEBODY in Muskegon, Michigan, didn’t want the Philadelphia Eagles to win Super Bowl LII. Immediately following the Eagles’ victory over the New England Patriots on Feb. 4, Subaru of Muskegon ran an ad on local NBC affiliate WOOD-TV that featured 30 seconds of silence and a written message: “Congratulations Patriots!” WOOD-TV reported via Twitter that the business had submitted only one version of the ad and had specified that it run regardless of the game’s outcome.

PRECOCIOUS – When a Texas stripper arrived at her 11:30 a.m. gig on Feb. 1, she smelled a rat: Her destination turned out to be Noel Grisham Middle School in Round Rock, Texas. Rather than going inside, the performer called the school and reported a prank. Jenny LaCoste-Caputo, a district spokesperson, told the Austin American-Statesman the student jokester had used his cellphone to order the stripper and paid for it with his parents’ credit card. He is now facing disciplinary action.

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT – Houston Realtor Nicole Lopez is sporting a new nickname these days: The Taco Lady. Since late 2017, Lopez has incorporated a novel incentive for buyers of homes she’s listed: $250 in free tacos with the purchase of a home. “Let’s be honest, everyone in Texas loves tacos,” Lopez told KHOU-TV. “And so, it’s really been this ‘taco the town,’” she laughed. Lopez cited as proof of her success a $170,000 home that’s under contract “and they are super excited for their taco party at the end of this month.”

– Prason Sukkorn, owner of Coffee on the Day in Chonburi, Thailand, had his marketing idea laid bare after he posted “obscene materials” online — photos and videos of model/barista Arisa Suwannawong, 22, wearing nothing but an apron while drawing shots and serving customers. Suwannawong, who goes by the nickname “Jaenae with the big boobs,” glances down at her breasts in the video while gushing, “The coffee is so good, they use plenty of milk.” Police commander Thanachai Usakit from the Sattahip district station told Metro News that Sukkorn “didn’t realize it would break the law, because the model in the photos wasn’t fully naked.” Nevertheless, the owner faces three to five years in jail or a fine of 100,000 Thai baht, or about $3,200.

NEWS THAT SOUNDS LIKE A JOKE – Staff at an internet cafe in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China, had to call paramedics on Jan. 28 when a gamer lost all feeling in his lower limbs after playing the same game for more than 20 hours straight. Newsweek reported that the unnamed man didn’t realize he had become paralyzed until he tried to use the restroom and couldn’t move his legs. As he was being carried out on a stretcher, he was heard begging his friends to finish the game for him.

WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME – A parking lot in Augusta, Georgia, became the scene of a nightmare for an unsuspecting motorcyclist and his 1982 Honda bike on Jan. 31. On his way to exchange some shirts at Target in the Augusta Exchange shopping center, Don Merritt told WJBF-TV, “I was going to go around the back to avoid the speed bumps,” but when he did, he and his bike fell into a sinkhole.

Firefighters were called to rescue Merritt, who suffered a skull fracture and a loose tooth as a result of the 15-foot fall. The bike was totaled. “It’s not good customer relations,” Merritt said about the sinkhole. The center property manager reportedly is fixing the hole.

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Curtain call Greg Johnson gives a candid take on his career with the Montana Repertory Theatre

by Erika Fredrickson

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That’s one of the things I’m most proud of. I used to think working with the professionals, the students were going to raise their game. Well, that’s certainly true, but the professionals also see the students’ work ethic and it raises their game, too. They are reminded what it was like to be young and in love with theater.

And then, we make it a point of hiring equity actors with talent, who are right for the part, but also … who are generous when working with the students.

reg Johnson spent the past 28 years as the artistic director for Montana Repertory Theatre, a professional touring company housed at the University of Montana. This year, he retires with an extensive list of accomplishments: a track record of successful national tours featuring classic American plays, an education outreach program that serves more than 50 rural Montana communities and the Missoula Colony, a now-popular summer event where local and aspiring playwrights develop work with nationally renowned writers.

In April, On Golden Pond — the final show of Johnson’s directorial career with Montana Rep — will end its tour. In light of his next chapter, we asked Johnson about the challenges of doing cuttingedge theater and where he thinks the program needs to go next.

When you look back on Montana Rep, what are some of the highlights?

I think one of the things I’m proudest of is when the Rep ran the Crystal Theater for two years. David [McEwen] and Shirley [Juhl] really have had a commitment to local theater. They kept the prices incredibly low for us and we were able to do some stunning productions there, including Pillowman. Eventually, it got to the point of staff burnout where people were working without compensation.

But, for a while, we were able to do some cutting-edge theater — I hate that term, but it’s true. I hope Montana Rep can find a way to do that kind of theater again.

Why is cutting-edge theater important for the Rep to do?

Once we lost the ability to do downtown work, it became a little more homogenized, I think. I call it “the golden handcuffs.” We’ve been locked into doing these Great American Plays — really interesting productions of Arthur Miller and Tennessee Williams, and also Neil Simon and On Golden Pond, which are staples of the American entertainment industry.

They’re wonderful plays that succeed nationwide, but these national tours don’t give you a wide berth of opportunity to choose from. Every year, I send out three

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

After 28 years, Greg Johnson retires from his position as artistic director of the Montana Repertory Theatre.

plays to the presenters and they always choose the most commercial, because they want to sell tickets. I can’t tell you how many years in a row I put out Of Mice and Men. I stopped doing it. For them, it’s too depressing.

What stands out in terms of favorite productions?

Our productions of To Kill a Mockingbird. Unfortunately, because racism keeps rearing its ugly head every time you wake up, it’s relevant. But it’s also so iconic. When the Moscow Theater, with Chekhov and Stanislavski, burst onto the scene and changed world theater back in 1902, it was with The Seagull. So the Moscow Theatre always had an image of a seagull as its logo. Well, I think our logo could be a mockingbird for the same reason. It is our signature.

Let’s talk about the Missoula Colony.

How has it evolved through the years?

In terms of my career, the Colony really stand out. It’s a bigger deal than I thought it would be, nationally. When I

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talked to both of the [candidates for artistic director], the thing they wanted to talk about most was the Colony. It’s given us more of a profile even than the national tours. These writers come here and then they spread the word. They always want to come back.

What were some of the most challenging productions you did with Montana Rep? Biloxi Blues was really tough. It was a big set that was hard to set up and hard to fit into the truck and hard to adapt to smaller venues. We made the mistake of opening out of town, in Whitefish, and we were so unready. The actors were holding up walls. It was scary and we said, “This can never happen again.”

Another time, way early in my career, we had a casting issue with a show.

It was an American adaptation of Moliere’s School for Wives about a man who falls in love with his young ward.

The director came to me and said, “I don’t think this play is working. I’m really scared.” It was two days before dress rehearsal. I did a run-through and said,

“Your right. It’s too creepy.” Because even if it’s funny, it’s creepy. And if it’s not funny, its very creepy. We were also doing Neil Simon’s Sunshine Boys, so we did that and canceled the other.

What are the challenges of being on the road?

Fitting a set into a truck. Unloading in Butte, Montana, when there’s a blizzard — which is every year. And the other thing is, the road can be dangerous. Back in 1999, when we did The Diary of Anne Frank, there was a van accident. The van spun out of control and one of the actors died. It was unbelievably tragic. I’ll never forget that day. The [On Golden Pond cast] is on the road now, until April 7. And on April 7, that’s when I will take the deepest breath of my artistic director career, because they’ll all be home safe for the last time.

The touring plays alway feature a combination of students and equity actors, and I’m always so glad to see the students usually holding their own up there on stage.

What advice do you have for the new artistic director?

Give it a couple of years. Don’t change it radically because you’ve got this power base of support right now — people who want the Great American Story. But after two years, start playing with it. Turn the ship slowly, but turn it.

If I were to stay on, I would change things up. But I’m not steeped enough in the new perspectives on theater. I’m not young enough.

I’ve always said that every five years, it’s time to strap on the mountain climbing gear and move the company to a new place. We’re at that point now, and I just didn’t want to put on the climbing gear again. That’s when you know it’s time to retire. Plus, even though I’m nostalgic about this place — I love the company, I love the students. I love the collaboration with every designer and every actor — but I’m not sad about leaving. I’m excited. I’m excited for me and I’m excited for the company.

What are your plans now?

I want to write mystery novels. I’m reading all of Gwen Florio’s books and taking notes! I’ve already got the outline for a story. Of course it takes place in Missoula … on campus. I don’t know if it will be good, but I’m looking forward to that. But first I’m going to take John Lennon’s advice and watch the wheels go round and round. That appeals to me.

The other things will still be there, but I haven’t had the opportunity to just sit and take it all in. I think it’s time. efredrickson@missoulanews.com

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Bend an ear The murmurs of Strange Ranger’s Daymoon Strange Ranger has been compared to Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, and that’s because the Portland-by-way-of-Bozeman band sounds like an era. It’s a shimmery, whispery, post-rock sound that captures what some people were listening to in the late 1990s, early 2000s. (Even if you weren’t trying to, it was unavoidable.) On Daymoon, Isaac Eiger’s falsetto evokes the high-pitched buzzing of insects on a hot summer afternoon. The sound shifts from being irritatingly precious to gut-wrenchingly angsty. There’s something to love and hate about each musical phrasing, because it’s so “indie rock,” the way the band almost acts as an emetic, inducing (even against your will) the raw feeling of a breakup. The more I listen,

the more I like the smart emotional manipulation: The way “The Future” starts with simple plucking, then layers heavy bass lines and walls of synth and cymbals, before pulling back and starting its buildup again. “Hydration is Key,” begins like a French mystery starring Audrey Tautou and turns into something more foreboding (featuring melodica) that could have fit on the soundtrack of the stylized German television series, “Dark.” It’s the kind of music that makes me roll my eyes from all the drama — and then turn up the volume a little louder. I just want to hear more of those hooks and textures. (Erika Fredrickson) Strange Ranger plays Missoula Thu., Feb. 22. Check Facebook for details.

Partygoers, Tumbleweed Tumbleweed kicks off with a throbbing, Georgio Moroder-esque dance beat, but this isn’t your father’s EDM. “Right Hand” employs a muffled drum sample from the Louis Prima playbook while icy synth notes pulse along the high end and digital handclaps offset the “Sing Sing Sing” tom tom beat. But the arrangement never goes on too long, constantly changing its mind like a Ritalin junkie at a vending machine. “Space House West” starts with a single-string guitar riff. As the song builds over syncopated percussion, a deep, whistling whine takes hold, rising in volume and pitch, sounding like a Kamikaze plane swooping directly for your head. Instead of resolving in the expected bass drop, the sounds converge and

then ooze into a new feel. The title track sounds more organic with its two-note bass duping the beat, and when it segues into “Upscale,” a new guitar riff appears and it almost sounds like a band is playing, not a laptop. Eventually the robot overlords ease back into the picture and do battle with a lone, pathetic cymbal.

That skirmish gives way to a few bars of rattling jazz drum licks, then — oh, crap, the Kamikaze is back!

And finally, inevitably — a bass drop. The rave-worthy beat then morphs into what sounds like a hive full of robot bees, with finger pops and a huge subsonic bass driving the beat. Is Tumbleweed five songs? Is it 45 songs? Or is it one seamless adventure? Who cares?

Just put it on repeat. (Ednor Therriault)

Dead/Wicked City split LP, Unpopularity Contest Part of what’s attractive about Dead is the band’s aggressive willingness to do exactly whatever the hell it wants, even if it means toiling in a bit of musical obscurity. Whereas lots of heavy bands go to great lengths to craft an image that’s all doomy, dark and tattooed (so you’re extra sure it’s heavy), Dead has a sense of humor and seems to take some interest in the natural world.

Dead’s obscurity is not for lack of getting out of town. The Australian two-piece has done two full U.S. tours and traveled through Japan and Southeast Asia, New Zealand and Australia and recently crossed Europe with a great Norwegian band called MoE. Dead plays something halfway between noise rock and doom. It’s like the Melvins and Cows, but spartan with

just a bass guitar, drums and vocal. Last year the band released four LPs under the cheeky title “the trilogy,” including a record with (ex-Melvins) Mark Deutrom.

The first song on Unpopularity Contest — a split LP with fellow Australians Wicked City — is “Frog Dreaming” and reminds me a bit of nighttime sounds from a pond, though I think it’s the band messing with feedback, cymbals and synthesizers.

The second, “The Shortest Leash,” starts with seven minutes of spacey, atmospheric synth made by Vern Avola (of Prizehog and EMS), before the band drops in to bash out a mid-tempo churner. Wicked City’s half of Unpopularity Contest is a little more straightforward rock and roll, albeit excellently executed and romping. ( Josh Vanek)

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Oil songs Why singer-songwriter Kalie Rider stayed the hell in Dodge

by Sarah Aswell

Kalie Rider writes a lot of songs about her hometown of Trenton, North Dakota, but it can be difficult to perform them there. When she does, she’ll often change or omit certain lyrics. More often, she’ll just play covers: upbeat, crowd-pleasing bluegrass and country tunes, alongside her cousin, Michael Bearce. The duo, which they call Gettin’ Outta Dodge, brings their music to venues around the farm and ranch land where they grew up.

“We call our style Boom Grass,” Rider says with a bright laugh.

There are two big reasons that she either censors her own songs or chooses covers. For one, her songs — which have a folkier, lyric-heavy, singersongwriter bent — aren’t quite as danceable as the covers. But for another, many of them chronicle her fight against Big Oil over the last seven years, as the Bakken Oil Boom came to her tiny corner of the world and turned it upside down. Playing her “dark oil” songs in her community means playing for neighbors who have sold their land to oil companies, friends who are fighting at her side to preserve their land, and a large number of men who have benefited greatly from area oil jobs.

One song, for example, “Giddy on Up White Truck,” is about the sudden proliferation of white pickups in town after the boom — the visual representation of the men who were suddenly well-employed by the boom and profiting from its riches.

It’s also about Rider’s conflicting feelings about what the truck symbolizes: traffic, noise, danger, and a different way of life to her homeland at the same time it brought work and prosperity to some.

“The song is about their life juxtaposed against my life,” she says. “And that’s why when we play community events, I’ll censor my songs. It’s hard.

You don’t want to disrespect people who haven’t had jobs in a long time, and now they do. I like to keep things neutral, although sometimes I guess I tip the scale.”

Tipping the scale might be an understatement.

The environmentalist and songwriter has recently been the subject of a documentary, My Country No More, which will screen during the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. She will also be playing her oil boom songs, without any self-censoring, at the Top Hat Friday night.

Rider is sincere about her reluctant, accidental stumble into activism, although looking back, you can see that she was well-prepared to take a leadership role in the fight. The daughter of a farmer, her family lost their land during the mid-80s farm crisis, when production skyrocketed, land prices dropped, and interest rates increased, leading to a record number of foreclosures. Her family continued to

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Kalie Rider, who grew up in North Dakota and went to school at UM, started writing songs about the Bakken oil boom as her family fought to preserve their farmland.

rent and work the fields in the area, though even then the community as a whole took a staggering blow. Her family expected the smart and talented Rider to go farther afield, and she did, first to get her degree in dietetics in the Midwest and then to Missoula to earn another degree in environmental studies. When a knee injury, surgery, and complicating infection left her weak and ill, she moved home to recover, mere months before fracking technology made her community the epicenter of an unprecedented oil boom (and population boom, and crime boom, and rent boom, and industrial boom…)

“Home was supposed to be recovery for me, and the last thing I want to do is fight big oil,” she says. “It was extremely hard to heal and I didn’t want to fight. I wasn’t sent home to be an environmental missionary to fix America. I came home to heal, and big oil just came in like a freight train.”

In the path of the freight train was a tiny white church–a church that looks like what an 10-year-old might draw if you asked them to draw a church. It’s a church that Rider plays music at every Sunday and the church that she’s gone to her whole life. It’s also the church that’s literally on the border of where Big Oil wanted to build a new refinery to process the black gold coming out of the land.

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When the church was first threatened (along with Rider’s more general way of life), she contacted her old pastor, Roy Hammerling, who happened to have a son, Jeremiah Hammerling, who is a filmmaker.

Within weeks, Hammerling was in Trenton with his cameras rolling. The result, My Country No More, which plays at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival this weekend, focuses on Rider’s family, the oil boom, and Rider’s fight to stop the refinery from being built.

“When all of this started, I felt like I was in a documentary,” she says. “And then we were. I thought the documentary would be about all the violence, and the crazy stuff, but they turned the cameras on us. And I wasn’t planning on that.”

With her music, the documentary, and, especially, her fight to preserve her way of life, Rider is modest and almost timid — but when you see her playing her songs, or delivering a speech in front of local government (as well as her community and the oil men in it), her strength couldn’t be more clear or powerful. She only started playing guitar and singing a few years ago (during what she calls her quarter-life crisis) and she says she wouldn’t have joined the fight — except that she had to. She’s even reluctant to call her songs protest songs.

“I wouldn’t say that they were protest songs,” she says. “I never wrote them with any intention to

put them out there. They were just a means to get things out of my head. I used to journal, but then music was the only way to cope. When I think of a protest song, I think of something that was written to be out there. Some people might hear them that way, but I wrote them for myself.”

Today, Rider lives on her brother’s ranch, where they are working on producing grass-fed beef, engaging in rotational grazing, and protecting the land their family has always loved. Rider has a new job at a nearby pediatric clinic, where she’s also following her passions of nutrition and the environment. She’s also a mentor with the North Dakota Grazing Lands Coalition, all while keeping an eye on the oil situation nearby — which is no longer booming due to low oil prices.

“I left home not ever planning to come back,” she says. “But once I left and realized what an amazing thing it is to have land, I wanted to move home and be a part of it. I appreciate it, and it’s exactly where I want to be.”

My Country No More screens at the Wilma Fri., Feb. 23 at 6 PM and again at the Roxy Sun., Feb. 25, at 12:30 PM. $7/$9. Rider plays her big oil songs (totally uncensored) at the Top Hat Fri., Feb. 23 at 8 PM. Free. arts@missoulanews.com

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Marvelous With Black Panther, believe the hype

by Molly Laich

Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman as the title character.

Going into Black Panther, I have to be honest, I was nervous. Exalted audiences and approving critics confirm the hype: Black Panther’s opening weekend box office numbers has usurped 2012’s The Avengers as the top-grossing domestic opening for a Marvel movie at $235 million, and the picture has a 97 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

When it comes to the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), it just seems like my thumb is rarely on the pulse. Everybody loved the irreverent camp of Thor: Ragnarok, for example, whereas I literally walked out of the theater after 20 long minutes. I worried that if I didn’t like Black Panther, it might prove I have no soul. Perhaps I’d stop in the theater’s restroom afterward, look in the mirror and find my curmudgeon-face cast no reflection. Long story short, the worry was for naught; I liked Black Panther a lot, and I assume that all of you will, too.

The picture is directed by Ryan Coogler, whose previous works include Creed (2015) and Fruitvale Station (2014). Chadwick Boseman (42, Get on Up) stars as T’Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther, rightful heir to the throne of the fictional land of Wakanda.

As we learn, Wakanda appears to the outside world as an impoverished East African country, but in fact, its mountains are rich with a precious metal called vibranium, making it the most technologically advanced civilization of all time. This is the stuff that Captain America’s shield is made out of! (Comic book nerds are falling out of their chairs to inform me.) Out of a fanatical commitment to peace, the Wakandan people have built an invisible cloak around their city, and so it has been for eons. By now, the rules of movie logic should reasonably inform you that such well-worn traditions are made to be toppled. Sit tight.

In Black Panther, we are gifted with a phenomenal, inspired and almost exclusively African Amer-

ican cast. There’s Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Black Panther’s precocious ex-girlfriend and human rights advocate, his friend W’Kabi (Get Out’s Daniel Kaluuya), The Walking Dead’s Danai Gurira as a fierce general, T’Challa’s sister and chief technology expert Shuri (Letitia Wright), and the list goes on.

But never mind the heroes; what excites me most about Black Panther are its layered and satisfying villains. Andy Serkis appears in the flesh to reprise his role in the MCU as Ulysses Klaue, complete with a prosthetic hand cannon fueled by vibranium and a gleeful penchant for violence.

(How he gets away with shooting a man in the back of the head in a PG-13 romp, the world may never know.) This is a chaotic evil brute after my own heart, but it’s Michael B. Jordan as Erik Killmonger who elevates this picture to something really special. So often, villains in these stories are motivated by “power” or a flimsy nothing, but not so here. Orphaned from his Wakandan father and left to fend for himself in America, Killmonger’s thirst for revenge makes so much sense that by the end of the picture, I scarcely knew where to place my loyalties.

Black Panther doesn’t entirely escape the trappings of its genre. Wakanda (allegedly inspired in part by Blade Runner?) looks muddled and fake, while the characters often appear as cartoon cutouts against endless green screens. The humor’s mostly dumb and the action sequences feel at times indistinguishable from their car commercial tie-ins.

Still, all of this I can forgive, because I believe in these characters and I am moved by their plight.

Even soulless, Easter-egg hating film snobs like me can find a lot to admire in Black Panther.

Black Panther continues at the AMC 12.

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OPENING THIS WEEK ANNIHILATION It’s already killed soldiers and explorers. Now a team of biologists, anthropologists and zoologists trek into a death zone to find out what’s behind all the murder. As it’s from the writer of 28 Days Later, Dredd and Ex Machina, I’m guess it’s nothing good. Rated R. Stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Oscar Isaac. Playing at the AMC 12.

EVERY DAY A shy 16-year-old girl falls in love with “A,” a wandering soul that possesses a different body every morning, living an entirely different life every day. Sounds like someone needs an old priest and a young priest.

Rated PG-13. Stars Angourie Rice, Debby Ryan and Lucas Jade Zumann. Playing at the AMC 12.

GAME NIGHT A competitive couple’s weekly board game get-together becomes the scene of a real-life murder mystery. Was it Colonel Mustard? I never trusted that guy. Rated R. Stars Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams and Billy Magnussen. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

NOW PLAYING THE 15:17 TO PARIS Clint Eastwood’s new film recounts the true story of the 2015 Thalys train attack, and the three Americans who put themselves in danger to save the lives of strangers. Rated PG-13. Stars several people playing themselves, as well as Tony Hale and Jaleel White.

Wait, you’re telling me Urkel is in this movie? Is Eastwood okay? Has he been yelling at empty chairs again? Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

BIG SKY DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL The 15th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival features screenings across Missoula that prove truth is stranger than fiction. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org for a full schedule of films and screening times.

BLACK PANTHER After making 10 movies starring white guys named Chris, Marvel Studios finally gives the king of Wakanda his own feature film. Black Panther must prevent a Shakespearian coup from kicking off a new world war. Rated PG-13. Stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan and Lupita Nyong’o. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex. (See Film) BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017) You’re in a desert, walking along in the sand, when all of a sudden you look down and see a tortoise. The tortoise lies on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun.

But you’re not helping because they’ve finally made a sequel to Blade Runner and it’s incredible. I can’t wait to watch a hundred different director’s cuts of this one. Rated R. Stars Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto and Harrison Ford. Playing Sun., Feb. 25, at 2 PM at the Roxy.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME A Jewish-American boy living in northern Italy falls head-over-heels in love with a bookish and musical grad student. You’ll never look at peaches the same way again. Rated R. Stars Armie Hammer, Timothee Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg. Playing at the Roxy.

EARLY MAN Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park returns to the stop motion animation well with this story of prehistoric peoples battling against the oncoming Bronze Age. Rated PG. Stars the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston and Richard Ayoade. Playing at the AMC 12.

I haven’t seen this much dentistry in a movie since Marathon Man. Natalie Portman stars in Annihilation, opening at the AMC 12.

FIFTY SHADES FREED Ana and Christian Grey explore new levels of masochism, which are nothing compared to the levels exhibited by fans of this franchise. Rated R. Stars Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson and that unmistakeable hankerin’ for a spankin’. Playing at the Pharaohplex and the AMC 12.

GET OUT (2017) Chris is worried about visiting his girlfriend’s parents due to his uncertainty about how they’ll react to their daughter’s interracial relationship. That and their neighborhood has a sinister history of young black men disappearing. Rated R. Jordan Peele directs Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams and Stephen Root in my pic for 2017’s Best Picture. Playing Wed., Feb. 28 at 7 PM and Sun., March 4 at 2 PM at the Roxy.

THE GREATEST SHOWMAN P.T. Barnum might be best known for coining the phrase “there’s a sucker born every minute,” but the life of the famed circus founder still has a few surprises up its sleeve. Rated PG. Stars Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Zendaya. Showing at the AMC 12.

HOSTILES Unrelated to Eli Roth’s series of torture films which are spelled differently anyway, an army captain is tasked with transporting a dying Cheyenne war chief from New Mexico to Montana. You had me at Montana. Rated R. Stars. Christian Bale, Wes Studi and Ben Foster. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharaohplex.

LOOK & SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY (2016) This documentary is actually less of a portrait of famed writer Wendell Barry and more of a mediation on small-town farm life battling against the unstoppable horde of capitalism. Not Rated. Directed by Laura Dunn and Jef Sewell. Playing Mon., Feb. 26 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

OSCAR-NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS This year’s lineup of animated short films features Kobe Bryant, a garden party, a fairy tale by Roald Dahl and more. Playing Sat., Feb. 24 at 2:15 PM, Sun., Feb. 25 at 11:45 AM and Thu., March 1 at 4:15 PM at the Roxy.

OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS A The first block of short documentaries includes films about racism in America, two 90-year-olds tying the knot and art versus depression. Playing Mon., Feb. 26 at 5 PM at the Roxy.

OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS B The second block of short documentaries going for the gold includes films about the opioid crisis and a restaurant staffed by former inmates. Playing Tue., Feb. 27 at 4:45 PM at the Roxy.

OSCAR-NOMINATED LIVE ACTION SHORTS This year’s group of live action short film nominees includes films about school shootings, sign language, Emmett Till and more. Playing Fri., Feb. 23 at 4 PM and Wed., Feb. 28 at 5 PM at the Roxy.

I, TONYA Did you know figure skater Tonya Harding was the first American woman to complete a triple axel in competition? Of course not. We all remember her from the wildest scandal in sports history instead.

Rated R. Stars Margot Robbie, Sebastian Stan and Allison Janney. Playing at the Roxy.

PETER RABBIT Beatrix Potter’s beloved bunny makes the hop from children’s books to the big screen as a fast-talking, twerking jerk who throws all-night ragers in Mr. McGregor’s house.

Rated PG. Featuring James Corden, Sam Neill and the realization that no one at Sony knows how to read. Playing at the AMC 12 and the Pharoahplex.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967) The racist police chief of a small town in Mississippi arrests the wrong man in connection with a murder just because he’s black. That man is a Philadelphia police detective and now the two must work together to solve this mystery. Not Rated. Stars Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger and Warren Oates. Playing Thu., Feb. 22 at 7 PM at the Roxy.

PHANTOM THREAD The Ghost Who Walks emerges from the four-color world of comic strips to slam evil in this big screen adaption of Lee Falk’s purple-clad super hero. Just kidding, this is Daniel Day-Lewis’ supposed last film.

He plays a tailor in charge of dressing the high-andmighty of Postwar Britain. I don’t think he slams any evil. Rated R. Also stars Vicky Krieps and Lesley

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Manville and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Playing at the AMC 12.

THE POST In the 1970s, the federal government was lying to the American people and attacking the free press, a cornerstone of our democracy. I’m sure glad things aren’t like that anymore! Rated PG-13. Stars Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Bob Odenkirk. I wonder who is going to play me when they eventually make a movie about the Indy? Playing at the Pharaohplex.

RE-ANIMATOR (1985) Did your college roommate never do their dishes?

Well, be thankful they didn’t kill your cat, bring it back to life and then kill it again before doing the same to the dean of the medical school. Rated R. Featuring Jeffrey Combs, scream queen Barbara Crampton, a score stolen directly from Psycho and some of the grossest and wildest gore effects ever put to film.

Playing Fri., Feb. 23 at 9 PM at the Roxy.

ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) A touring European princess decides to take the night off from being royalty. She immediately passes out on a park bench and falls in love with a journalist. Not Rated. Stars Gregory Peck, Audrey Hepburn and Eddie Albert. Playing Sun., Feb. 25 at 5 PM at the Roxy.

THE SHAPE OF WATER Did you ever watch Creature from the Black Lagoon and think to yourself, dang, I wanna have sex with that?

Guillermo del Toro did, apparently. Rated R. Stars Sally “Paddington 2” Hawkins, Doug Jones (not that one) and Michael “Pottersville” Shannon. Playing at the Roxy.

THE WITCH (2015) When a family of 17th century Calvinists lose a baby in the harsh wilderness of Colonial New England, the only solution is to chop more firewood. Rated R. Featuring a goat who loves the taste of butter, a recipe for mashed baby food and Anya Taylor-Joy. Playing Sat., Feb. 24 at 8 PM at the Roxy.

Capsule reviews by Charley Macorn.

Planning your outing to the cinema? Get up-todate listings and film times at theroxytheater.org, amctheatres.com and pharaohplex.com to spare yourself any grief and/or parking lot profanities.

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Roasted roots

by Gabi Moskowitz

BROKEASS GOURMET

This easy side dish is perfect alongside chicken, fish or tofu, but it makes an equally satisfying vegetarian entree when tossed with whole wheat pasta and goat cheese. I like to make a double batch on a rainy Sunday afternoon and eat it all week. Oh, and it makes your kitchen smell fabulous.

Serves 2-4 Ingredients 1 sweet potato/yam scrubbed and diced 10 fingerling potatoes scrubbed, halved and cut into large chunks 1 red onion, peeled and cut into large chunks 1 medium winter or butternut squash, peeled, seeded and diced 5 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed a few sprigs of rosemary, sage, flat-leaf parsley or all three

2 tbsp olive oil salt and pepper to taste Directions Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Spread vegetables and herbs over a baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and toss, using hands to ensure all vegetables are coated.

Roast for 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are cooked through. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Serve hot or cold.

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[M-2] Missoula Independent Medical Marijuana Guide • February 22–March 1, 2018

oughly 30 medical marijuana providers groan in unison as the proctor leading the workshop on the state’s new tracking system opens another sub-menu.

The system is called “Metrc” (pronounced “metric”). It’s a private cloud-based service first deployed by supply-chain management firm Franwell in December 2013. That’s when Colorado regulators found themselves suddenly responsible for tracking and testing in a newly legal recreational marijuana market that had previously operated underground for decades. Since then, eight other states have signed contracts to track the legalized manufacture and sale of medical and recreational cannabis with Metrc. Montana, with 22,213 patients and 611 providers, is the latest.

“Metrc does everything you are required to do by the state,” the proctor tells the crowd. For many attendees, the realities of regulation are just setting in.

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Though medical marijuana has been legal in Montana since 2004, the ballot language that legalized it contained little in the way of regulatory guidance, leading to a decade and a half of federal raids, courtroom dramas and legislative battles. The end result, at long last, is a responsible system, but substantially more logistical labor for providers. The gardeners must become bureaucrats.

Another submenu, another groan. This tab is for tracking home deliveries to patients, and requires providers to enter turn-by-turn directions to their destination, estimated time of arrival, make, model and license number of the transport vehicle, employee’s name, driver’s license number and Metrc ID number, as well as a manifest of the marijuana product being delivered, which itself is tracked by radio frequency identification tags that migrate from seed to sale to ensure a documented chain of custody. All to drive some cookies down the street.

Many of the providers in the Wingate Hotel conference room near the Missoula airport are over 50, and some have never before used a computer in their role as providers. To go from bare-bones regulation to tracking with radio waves and the internet is a shock.

Kylea Rusch laughs dryly near the back of the room.

“If you’re shaking your head now, you better get out while you can,” she says under her breath.

Rusch has been in the medical marijuana business since 2013 and provides for roughly 150 mostly elderly patients at her Missoula-based dispensary, Ganja Goddess. She had more than 500 patients before a three-patient limit briefly torpedoed the industry in the summer of 2016, leaving 93 percent of patients without a provider. Her dispensary used to be a node of a statewide provider network called Montana Buds, until that consortium’s leadership in Bozeman was raided that

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

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same summer and indicted by the feds for selling under the table.

By the admission of the presiding federal judge, the Montana Buds-related cases revealed so many gray areas in the state’s medical marijuana law that it was impossible to follow.

“I don’t like gray areas,” Rusch says. “I like black and white.”

Rusch had to shut down her operation when the patient limit went into effect, but she reopened in December 2016 after Initiative 182 passed on the November ballot, removing the limit, rewriting the broken law, and requiring the Montana Department of Health and Human Services to establish the tracking and testing infrastructure now manifest in Metrc.

shrink dramatically. Providers with 10 patients or fewer pay a $1,000 annual licensing fee and are exempt until 2020 from sending their marijuana products to private testing facilities, which charge between $300 and $700 per five pounds. Larger providers — typically multi-city networks — can defray those costs through sheer volume.

According to the Montana Cannabis Industry Association, a political lobbying group for providers, licensing and testing costs that don’t adjust equitably for provider size are going to force mid-sized providers — those serving between 11 and 200 patients — out of business.

According to a Feb. 7 MCIA white paper, “The rules filed by DPHHS will steer the program towards a provider market that consists of hundreds

Legislature for excessive testing under the guise of patient safety, requiring providers to raise the price of their product to cover the testing costs.

Long says that Metrc and the taxation and fee system the state is implementing is designed for a volume typically associated with lucrative recreational marijuana sales, not a small medical market like Montana’s.

Flower is the largest dispensary in the county, according to Long (he doesn’t reveal patient numbers for security reasons), and has enough patients to weather the new fees and regulatory expenses.

Long attributes Flower’s position to closely following the news and expanding at the right time.

“Less than 2 percent of the population of Missoula County is a medical patient and potential cus-

photo by Cathrine L. Walters

Rusch says she’s excited for the legitimacy the new system will bring to Montana’s medical marijuana industry, and she’s been testing and internally tracking her products for months in preparation. The fact that the state chose a system used nationwide and in much larger markets gives her peace of mind, too, even if she’ll have to spend a lot more time at a terminal.

“It’s kind of a pain in the butt, but we finally have a system in place,” Rusch says.

Go big or go home

If dispensaries the current size of Ganja Goddess are to succeed, they’ll have to either grow or

of providers with 10 patients or less and 10-30 very large providers, most likely with several locations throughout the state.” The health department added a new provider tier on Feb. 9 that halved the annual fee for providers serving 11 to 49 cardholders to $2,500. Final rules are scheduled to be released in April. I-182 called for a tiered approach to licensing based on canopy size (50 square feet of garden per patient), but due to legislative tinkering in the 2017 session and health department interpretations, that hasn’t come to pass.

Bobby Long, owner of Missoula’s Flower dispensary, says private labs successfully lobbied the

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tomer. And since patients can only purchase from one dispensary, that 2 percent is broken up between over 60 providers. That’s not a lot to go around,” Long says.

Missoula may be praised and derided as Montana’s hippie city, but Bozeman is the state’s medical marijuana capital. With more than 150 providers and 4,400 patients, Gallatin County’s medical marijuana market is twice the size of Missoula County’s, which lags behind even Flathead and Yellowstone counties, based on the latest available data.

One aspiring Gallatin mega-dispensary following the expand-or-die ethos is Spark1, which has Bozeman and Belgrade locations, and a shiny new

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“It’s kind of a pain in the butt, but we finally have a system in place.”

Missoula dispensary on East Broadway in the building recently vacated by the Indian Grill.

The cold-storage locker where edibles are stored still smells of curry, and signs on the fresh drywall warn that paint is still drying, but manager Shelly Hall-Crobar says the toilet in the new ADA-compliant bathroom now flushes, and the dispensary has been open since a soft launch on Feb. 2.

Hall-Crobar had been at the Metrc training the day before, and felt bad for some of the mediumsized providers, who were clearly fed up by the end of the day.

“These guys are going to have to go smaller or work to get bigger. It sucks,” she says.

Spark1 has grown quickly. Since incorporating in December, Hall-Crobar says, the dispensary has expanded its business to provide for 323 patients.

Business is booming. But there’s always the possibility that the Trump administration could bring it all crashing down.

What happens in D.C.

In January, Attorney General Jeff Sessions retracted Obama-era guidelines that instructed the Department of Justice not to prosecute medical and

recreational marijuana growers who follow state law, leading some observers to anticipate a federal crackdown. That hasn’t happened yet, and Hall-Crobar and other providers think there’s little political will to go after such popular programs, especially in medical marijuana states.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox and U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana Kurt Alme have avoided the question of whether or not they would defend or indict, respectively, Montanans following the state’s medical marijuana laws.

If Sessions were to go after Montana’s medical marijuana program, he’d first have to get Congress to repeal the Rohrabacher-Farr amendment, a law passed in 2014, and annually appended since to a trillion-dollar omnibus spending bill, that bans the DOJ from funding federal prosecution of people following their state’s medical marijuana law.

Whether Rohrabacher-Farr survives will be known only after the U.S. House of Representatives finally passes a budget. Every time it passes a provisional spending bill to prevent a government shutdown for another week or two — as the House has done eight times now — Rohrabacher-Farr protections continue.

Even if the House fails to extend the amendment, the Senate already has, and Rohrabacher-Farr

How to register as a medical marijuana patient in Montana Visit with an MD or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, who can ensure that you qualify under state law. Montana law allows cards for chronic pain and certain debilitating conditions. A chronic pain diagnosis requires medical notes and some form of imaging, such as an X-ray or MRI, or a confirming second opinion from an independent physician. The state’s list of approved debilitating conditions can be found at dphhs.mt.gov.

Choose a licensed provider or opt to grow your own medicine. If you list a provider, you may possess up to 1 ounce of usable cannabis. If you do not list a provider, you may possess up to four mature plants and four seedlings.

Send your application with physician’s statement and a copy of your state-issued ID to the state Department of Health and Human Services with the $5 application fee. Cash is not accepted.

Forms are available at dphhs.mt.gov.

Cards will be mailed to approved patients, and must be presented to provider to receive medicine. Cards are valid for one year.

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could still survive a closed conference committee that reconciles differences between the chambers’ bills. If not, patients and providers would become as vulnerable to federal indictment as the legal adult-use marijuana industry is now.

With Montana’s medical marijuana program finally regulated, the Rohrabacher defense, if retained, might have a chance to work as intended.

When a defendant in the Montana Buds-related cases tried to show the court last year that he had followed Montana law, thus precluding prosecution by the DOJ, the judge agreed that the man had done his best. Even so, the judge found Montana’s law to be so vague that it effectively couldn’t be followed. The defendant accepted a plea deal.

There was not even a firm definition of how much medical marijuana a Montana provider was allowed to have on hand. The law was that bad, and had been for years.

Boom and bust

In 2004, cannabis crusader Tom Daubert and a group of like-minded advocates authored a barebones citizens initiative to legalize medical marijuana in Montana. It passed, but the business it spawned puttered along with fewer than 1,000 patients for years, punctuated with occasional busts of small providers who went astray of the law.

Then, in 2009, two things happened that opened the door to the industry’s expansion. One was that the Obama administration issued the Ogden memo (which Sessions recently retracted) directing the DOJ not to pursue indictments against patients and providers operating in accordance with state law, thus allowing those patients and providers to participate in state medical marijuana programs without fear.

The other catalyst was Jason Christ’s “cannabis caravans.” Christ was a marijuana evangelist and head of the Montana Caregivers Network who heralded himself as “an active provocateur” with a mission “akin to that of Harvey Milk and the Gay Rights Movement in San Francisco in the 1970s.”

Christ smoked weed in the streets of many Montana cities, in his Missoula offices, on the capitol lawn and in the University of Montana law school, which got him banned from campus. He attracted media attention, almost always negative, wherever he went. He frequently filed lawsuits, or was a defendant in lawsuits, involving the state, his employers and his competitors.

The Montana Caregivers Network (later known as CannabisCare and Care+) connected

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The effect of Montana’s new well-regulated medical marijuana system is the same as the first boom from 2009 to 2011: a steep rise in the number of cardholders and dispensaries, though this time without the public outcry. pro-marijuana doctors with hundreds of eager potential patients (each paying $150 for a consultation) at one-day mobile clinics that traveled from city to city. Christ shut down the caravans in July 2010 after complaints by legislators and the Board of Medical Examiners that patients were being rubber-stamped without receiving a proper medical examination. Christ said the caravans made him a million dollars. He soon partnered with dispensaries to host doctors, as well as teleconferences with potential patients.

In December 2008, Montana had 842 medical marijuana cardholders. It’s hard to quantify exactly how much Christ alone jumpstarted the market, but enrollment peaked in May 2011 at 31,522 patients,

and Christ later told a state judge that his organization had registered more than 30,000 cardholders.

Raid and repeal?

The Montana Legislature was in session in 2011, and reaction to the boom among conservative lawmakers was immediate. Instead of improving Montana’s shoddy medical marijuana law, legislators tried to repeal it. The same day that medical marijuana opponents learned they didn’t have the votes for a full repeal, federal agents executed 26 search warrants against medical marijuana facilities in 13 Montana cities and towns.

With no Rohrabacher amendment yet on the

books to deploy in providers’ defense, the defendants were legally helpless.

In 2011, Daubert was federally indicted in a high-profile lawsuit consequent to a federal raid on a large dispensary network called Montana Cannabis, which Daubert had helped found.

Daubert was sentenced to five years of probation after accepting a plea deal in 2012. The Montana Cannabis cases are featured in the 2012 documentary Code of the West. He now lives in the Philadelphia suburbs and is no longer involved with medical marijuana. Daubert did not respond to a request for comment.

One of his partners, Chris Williams, facing 85 years in prison, fought the federal charges and was

Words of weed-dom A glossary of medical marijuana terminology Joint: A marijuana cigarette. Sold by some dispensaries and often called a “pre-roll.”

If you’re unfamiliar with the medical marijuana scene or have only recently embarked on that whole card-getting process, there are probably a few terms that have you scratching your head. No biggie. It’s a sprawling lexicon, the kind that’s bound to produce a few “duh-huh?” moments.

So here’s a by-no-means-exhaustive roundup of definitions to help you get started.

MIPP: Marijuana Infused Products Provider, as defined by state law. These are the folks legally registered to manufacture and provide all marijuana-infused products.

Buds: The flowers of a marijuana plant. They are harvested for use in either cannabis-infused products or for smoking.

Provider: A Montana resident over the age of 18 who is authorized by the state to grow and provide marijuana to registered patients.

CBD: Short for cannabidiol. One of scores of active compounds in cannabis, CBD’s popularity in the medical marijuana community is surging, largely due to it having fewer psychoactive effects than THC (we’ll get to that in a minute).

Strain: A specific variety of cannabis plant with its own unique combination of compounds. Could be pure or the product of cross-breeding multiple strains, known as a hybrid. Comes with groovy names like Willy’s Wonder, Cherry Pie and Purple Haze.

Concentrates: Dissolved extracts containing concentrated amounts of certain cannabis compounds. Can come in a variety of forms including oils, waxes and resins.

Dab: The act of dropping cannabis concentrates on a hot surface and inhaling the vapor. This method of ingestion has become increasingly popular in recent years.

Dispensary: A state-licensed business that is allowed to grow and sell limited amounts of marijuana to registered medical marijuana patients in Montana.

DPHHS: The Department of Health and Human Services, a branch of Montana state government that administers the

medical marijuana program. This is where you send your paperwork if you want a green card.

Edibles: Cannabis-infused food items, sometimes sold at dispensaries. Think candies, cookies, brownies and other snacks. Warning: can be extremely potent.

Glass: Slang term for a glass pipe used to smoke marijuana buds. Available at head shops and some dispensaries.

I-182: A 2016 ballot initiative, passed by 291,334 Montana voters, that repealed a number of restrictive laws on medical marijuana and expanded access across the state.

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THC: Short for tetrahydrocannabinol. The most renowned compound in cannabis, THC is responsible for most of marijuana’s psychoactive effects. Not to be confused with the heavy metal band Texas Hippie Coalition.

Tincture: Liquid cannabis extract that is often ingested orally via dropper and is absorbed quickly. Can also be mixed into a drink.

Vape: The act of consuming either a cannabis bud or cannabis-infused oil through a device called a vaporizer, which heats the substance to produce vapor. Said to be healthier than smoking since there’s no actual smoke.

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saved only by the grace of the federal prosecutor, who dropped the charges post-conviction to avoid making Williams a martyr for the movement.

Williams is currently working with a reporter on a national story, and not otherwise granting interviews until its release, but he told the Indy last July, “I’m happy that my life moves on, and I made the best of my time in prison. I can still say I made the right decision and fought for what is right.”

Another Montana Cannabis partner, Richard Flor, accepted a plea deal and died in federal custody after allegedly being denied appropriate medical care. His family sued.

The 2011 raids scared off plenty of patients and providers, but the Legislature provided the coup de grace.

Failing to repeal Montana’s medical marijuana law, lawmakers managed to neuter it into uselessness by banning providers from accepting payment for marijuana and limiting them to three patients each, among other changes. The law went into effect July 1, making Montana the first and only state to essentially repeal its medical marijuana program. Cardholder enrollment plummeted, and dispensaries began to close. The MCIA immediately sued for injunctive relief, eventually getting the payment ban repealed and keeping the patient limit tied up in court and off the books until the summer of 2016.

The program survived, but with the pro-marijuana lobby busy in court, there was no momentum to improve the law, and the gray areas that had been present since 2004 continued to fester until 2016.

While Montana waited, other states began legalizing

recreational marijuana, and the DOJ released the Cole memo, instructing states to regulate new businesses or have their proprietors face federal indictment. The Rohrabacher amendment put patient protections on the books in 2014, and by the time Montana’s patient limit finally became law in summer 2016, nearly destroying the program, the MCIA had organized I-182. The initiative passed shortly thereafter, albeit with a typo in the activation date that required a brief lawsuit before the law was enacted as intended.

When the Legislature met in 2017, the chance for repeal had vanished. America had adopted marijuana while Montana wasn’t looking.

Revolutionaries to lobbyists

The industry has changed its image. Medical marijuana advocates are no longer ideologues trying to start a cannabis revolution, but entrepreneurs trying to make an honest buck and help patients.

cent data, from November, of the 224 Montana doctors who have recommended patients for medical marijuana cards, just 13 account for 92 percent of the state’s 21,881 patients. One physician has recommended more than 6,300 patients. The two physicians with the next-highest counts recommended roughly 4,200 and 3,300 patients, respectively.

That’s not far from the count of libertarian doctor Chris Christensen, who told the Billings Gazette in 2010 that he had signed up more than 3,000 patients — roughly 15 percent of all patients in the state at the time. Christensen was one of many doctors upset with the cannabis caravans enrolling masses of patients for cash, despite his own high referral rate.

“We have reached the point in Montana where medical marijuana certification is for sale with a physician’s signature,” Christensen said at a 2010 meeting of the Montana Board of Medical Examiners.

State prosecutors would later charge the Bitterroot physician with 400 felonies for over-prescribing

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Despite the rebranding, the effect of Montana’s new well-regulated medical marijuana system is the same as the first boom from 2009 to 2011: a steep rise in the number of cardholders and dispensaries, though this time without the public outcry. After years of defending restrictions in court and two successful voter initiatives, there’s not much fight left among opponents and repealers.

On its face, Montana’s latest medical marijuana boom may look similar to the state’s first pot rush, but it is distinctly different. New dispensaries are popping up around the state as before, but they are are now heavily monitored, not essentially unregulated.

There’s been a similar spike in the number of cardholders, but there’s also been an increase in the number of applicable health conditions approved for treatment with medical marijuana, opening the program to more people than ever.

A handful of doctors are still responsible for recommending the vast majority of patients to the program, but they aren’t campaigning across the state in audacious caravans, and medical examination via teleconference has been banned.

Based on the state health department’s most re-

opiates, leading to overdoses, two of them fatal. He was found guilty in November of two counts of negligent homicide, nine counts of criminal endangerment, and 11 counts of criminal distribution of dangerous drugs, and sentenced earlier this month to a decade in prison, though he is free awaiting appeal to the Montana Supreme Court Christensen, Daubert, Flor, Williams — the highprofile old guard of Montana’s first medical marijuana boom and bust — are gone. They’ve either died in custody, effectively vanished after prosecution, in prison, or quietly recovering after serving federal drug sentences.

As for Christ, he was convicted of felony intimidation for threatening to bomb the Verizon Wireless store on South Reserve in 2010, and in 2013 was given a five-year deferred sentence. At his sentencing hearing, Christ said he no longer used marijuana, was living out of his car, and planned to attend a bible college in Redding, California, and reconnect with his adult son. Christ has not made headlines since.

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A directory of Missoula-area dispensaries

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issoula’s medical marijuana scene, in case you hadn’t noticed, is maturing.

New dispensaries are opening and old ones are expanding, and all of them are coming into compliance with long-overdue new state regs that mark the end of the industry’s Wild West roots. Read “Legitimate at Last” (pg. 3) to find out how we got from here to there, and then browse the following pages, where you’ll find a directory of area dispensaries.

A note on the directory: We called every area dispensary we could find and asked about their business. Information about their “most popular strains and top-sellers” and “specialties” are drawn from the dispensaries’ own self-descriptions, and should not be considered exhaustive. If a category of information is missing from a dispensary’s entry, it’s because the dispensary declined to share that information. Finally, the directory itself, despite our best efforts, is not complete. Several registered dispensaries and individual providers declined to respond to multiple contacts seeking information. We’re sorry not to be able to include them here.

Apogee Gardens

Address: No storefront; delivery only.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Website: apogeegardens.com Phone: 406-647-2128 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Pink Love, Bubble Dawg Formats: Flowers, concentrates, oils, tinctures, hard candies, gummies, suckers, infused coconut oil Specialties: Apogee Gardens just won the Concentrate Cannabis Cup, so “We think we’re one of the best concentrate sellers in the state.” Everything is organic and vegan. Will soon be releasing suppositories, the “most medicinal way at this time to take cannabis.”

Delivery: Missoula and Bitterroot Valley

Awesome Blossom

Address: 1420 W. Broadway St., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat.-Sun. Noon-4 p.m.

Website: awesomeblossommt.com Phone: 890-2420 Open since: The Kalispell location has been open a year. The Missoula location has been open for several months.

Most popular strains and top-sellers: Dawg Waltz, Blueberry Formats: Flowers, salves, edibles, pre-rolls, concentrates ATM on premise: No Delivery: No

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Big Sky Herbals and Edibles

Address: 1637 Idaho St., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Website: bigskyherbals.com Phone: 926-1222 Open since: 2004 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Granddaddy Purple, Sour Diesel, Sour Blueberry Formats: Flower, tinctures, edibles, drinks, CBD oil Specialties: Discreet location, personal service, friendly environment ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes, limited

The Coffee Joint

Address: 401 N. Russell, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:45 a.m.-5:45 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m., closed Sun. Website: thecoffeejointmt.com Phone: 848-4420 Open since: Established 2008. Formerly Green Bean Coffee Shop.

Most popular strains and top-sellers: Green Crack, Mr. Nice, Granddaddy Purple, and Alien Hallucination.

Formats: According to owner Guy Silvernale, “Everything besides suppositories and patches. And we’re working on the suppositories.”

Specialities: The Coffee Joint has its own licensed extraction lab to produce concentrates. It also offers a “get your card free” promotion that credits new patients the cost of their physician appointment. Oh, and the shop has coffee.

ATM on premise: No. But the Coffee Joint accepts most forms of payment, including credit cards.

Delivery: Maybe. Case by case, depending on patient circumstance.

Cotton’s Cannabis Club

Address: 304 Ridgeway Dr., Lolo Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 12 p.m.-3 p.m.

Website: none Phone: 406-218-1073 Open since: 2004 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blue Boy, WTF, Granddaddy Purple Formats: Flower Specialties: Flower quality, customer service ATM on premise: No Delivery: Exclusively

Fat Hippie LLC

Address: 714 Juniper Dr., Seeley Lake Hours: daily, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Website: facebook.com/FatHippiellc/ Phone: 406-207-5672

Open since: two months ago Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blue Dream and Gorilla Glue Formats: Flowers, concentrates, butter Specialties: Owner says, “We’re just a small provider and we have time to know our patients and do deliveries. I just kind of try to get personal with people.”

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes, as far away as Billings

Flower (Higgins Avenue)

Address: 133 N. Higgins Ave., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Website: facebook.com/FlowerMMJ Phone: 406-541-0420 Open since: January 2017; providing since 2007 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blue Cookies, Montana Silvertip, Lemon Skunk Formats: Flower, edibles, tinctures, capsules, RSO, salves, topicals, concentrates, vape cartridges, shatter, live resin, distillates Specialties: Premium CBD line, flower, highest-testing concentrates in the state ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: No

Flower (Brooks Street)

Address: 2710 Brooks St. #2, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Website: facebook.com/FlowerMMJ Phone: 406-541-0420 Open since: Jan 2017; providing since 2007 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blue Cookies, Montana Silvertip, Lemon Skunk Formats: Flower, edibles, tinctures, capsules, RSO, salves, topicals, concentrates, vape cartridges, shatter, live resin, distillates Specialties: Premium CBD line, flower, highest-testing concentrates in the state ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: No, but does have a drive-thru

Ganja Goddess

Address: 801 Ronan St. #3, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Website: ganjagoddessmt.com Phone: 406-203-2204 Open since: 2013 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Pure Kush, OG Kush, Pineapple Express, Power Diesel Formats: Edibles, tinctures, oils, vape cartridges, flower Specialties: High-CBD strains and CBD-infused products. Fifty strains grown in-house.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes

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Garden Mother Herbs

Address: 904 Kensington Ave., Ste. A, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., closed Sun. Website: gardenmotherherbs.com Phone: 406-529-3834 Open since: 2009 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Jack Herer, Chocolate Thai, Cinderella 99, Gorilla G#4, Chocolate Mint, Sugar Black Rose, New York Purple Diesel and Kava Fudge.

Formats: Flower, edibles, topicals, capsules, butter, oil, suppositories and tinctures.

Specialties: Capsicum salve, Restful Muscle Relaxing tincture, Suppositories and Canna-Drops (nonalcohol version of tincture) ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes

Green Alternative

Address: 314 North 1st St. W., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-4 p.m., closed Sunday Website: facebook.com/GreenAlternativeMT/ Phone: 406-926-2580 Open since: 2009 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blueberry, Black Afghan, Serious Happiness, OG Ghost Train Haze Formats: Flower, tinctures, double distillate topical cannabalm, edibles Specialties: All-organic, reasonably priced edibles ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: To homebound patients

Greener Pastures

Address: 900 Strand Ave., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.4 p.m.

Website: greenerpastures.com/missoula Phone: 406-370-7186 Open since: September 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Golden Goat, Very Berry, Montana Silvertip Formats: Tinctures, edibles, flower, vape pens, resins, CBD topicals Specialties: Organically grown; edibles menu changes seasonally ATM on premise: No Delivery: Coming soon

Greenhouse Farmacy

Address: 1541 S. 3rd St. W., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Sat. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m.

Website: greenhousefarmacy.com Phone: 926-6420 Open since: November 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Montana Silvertip, Blue Dream and 9 Pound Hammer.

Formats: Flowers, concentrates, vape cartridges, topical sprays, tinctures, live resin, some edibles.

Specialities: A focus on CBD products. Co-owner Brian Monahan says Greenhouse Farmacy is one of the few dispensaries in the state that carries Charlotte’s Web-brand products, a line of extract-based dietary supplements developed in Colorado.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Yes, for now

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Heirloom Remedies

Address: 1771 US Highway 93 N., Victor Hours: Tue.-Fri. noon-6 p.m., Sat. noon-3 p.m., closed Sun.-Mon. Website: heirloomremediesmt.com Phone: 406-802-4211 Open since: May 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Customers like that they do a pesticide-free closed grow Formats: Flower, edibles, tinctures, topicals, CBD products (including for pets), cartridges Specialties: Pesticide-free closed grow. Tincture is a proprietary blend of three medicinal strains. Yoga classes and massage on-site.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Limited

Hydrocare LLC

Address: 2825 Stockyard Road, Ste. A-20, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Website: none Phone: 406-777-7377 Open since: 2008 Most popular strains and top-sellers: CBD strains: Black Cherry Soda, Granddaddy Purp, Pineapple Express Formats: Flowers, tinctures, salves, capsules, hard candy, chocolates, CBD cream, gummies, rosin, extract Specialties: A proprietary strain called Addy’s Armour, named after a 3-year-old girl whose malignant glioma was reportedly reduced after using the strain.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes, in Missoula area and Bitterroot Valley

Lionheart Caregiving

Address: 2007 Brooks St., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. noon-5 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m.

Website: lionheartcaregiving.com Phone: 855-546-2837 Open since: 2007 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Lionheart OG, Montana Silvertip and Blueberry OG. Formats: Infused products including tinctures, edibles and dabbables. Also bath salts, chapstick, prerolls and flowers.

Specialities: A focus on bud variety, with more than 60 different strains available. Through April 21, Lionheart offers patients $50 sign-up and referral bonuses that can be used on any product in the store.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Yes, for now, though state rules going into effect in mid-March may change that.

Missoula Cannabis Caregivers

Address: 5646 W. Harrier St., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat-Sun noon-4 p.m.

Website: kindpollen.com Phone: 406-359-1420 Open since: 2009 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Stardog Starfighter, Chemodo Dragon, Trinity

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Formats: Concentrates, flower, edibles, kombuchas, topicals, vape juice, CBD Specialties: Low prices, high quality. Caters to veterans, who receive a free eighth-ounce each week.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: No

Montana Medicinals

Address: No storefront; delivery only Hours: Mon.-Sun. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.

Website: mtmedicinals.com Phone: 686-1199 Open since: Sept. 1, 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Any CBDdominant strains.

Formats: Flowers, pre-rolls, vape cartridges, extract oils, tinctures. The company is also preparing to launch a line of edibles developed in partnership with Posh Chocolat’s Jason Willenbrock.

Specialities: Individually customized blends of concentrates for a variety of applications, including tinctures and vape cartridges. Owner Jason Schager

Open since: 2016, formerly as Kind Genetics Most popular strains and top-sellers: Nigerian Skunk, Lime One and Blue Doggy Dog. Formats: According to owner Madison Morgan, “pretty much everything,” including edibles, flowers, resin-based extracts, pre-rolls and tinctures.

Specialities: In addition to delivery, Montana Resin Company will pay for patients’ cards and clinic visits.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes

Mountain Heights Medicine

Address: 1001 N. Russell St., Missoula Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Fri. 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m.

Website: mountainheights.club Phone: 406-926-1688 Open since: 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Girl Scout Cookies, Granddaddy Purple, Tranquil Elephantizer Formats: Flower, tinctures, edibles, vape juice and

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is a state-licensed pharmacist, meaning he has a good understanding of how marijuana might interact with other medications.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Free delivery statewide.

cartridges, concentrate oils and waxes Specialties: Grown organically. Customer service.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Yes, on Mondays

Montana Preferred Provider

Address: 230 Marcus St., Hamilton Hours: Monday and Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Website: none Phone: 396-0202 Open since: 2011 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Granddaddy Purp, Purple Lemondrop, Alaskan Thunder, Jacky Blue and Pure Power Plant.

Formats: Flowers, tinctures, dabs, tea bags, suckers, cream cheeses, jello-shooters, creams, infused coconut oil, rice krispie squares.

Specialities: All plants grown at high altitude in the Sapphire Mountains by owner Jungle Joe Pinjuv, a lifelong horticulturist who specializes in crossbreeding his own strains.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Maybe. Case by case, depending on patient circumstance.

Address: 425 N. 5th St. W., Ste. C, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri noon-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. Noon-5 p.m.

Website: montanapreferred.com Phone: 540-4147 Open since: July 1, 2014 Specialties: Montana Preferred has been in the business for a decade, so they know the terrain.

ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes, in the Missoula area

Montana Resin Company

Address: No storefront; delivery only Hours: Flexible. All day Mon.-Fri., Saturday as needed.

Website: montanaresinco.com Phone: 369-3945

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Old Wolves Caregiving

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Remedy

Address: 2825 Stockyard Rd., Ste. A-9, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m.

Website: remedymontana.com Phone: 406-541-8253 Open since: about a year ago Most popular strains and top-sellers: Rocky Mountain Kush, Blue Widow, Lemon Train Wreck Formats: salves, flower, rosin, canna capsules, dry sift kief, CBD isolate, pre-rolled joints, cartridges Specialties: Female-owned. All products grown organically.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Yes, in Missoula area, with prior arrangement.

Rocky Mountain Relief

Address: No storefront; delivery only Hours: Flexible. Can deliver as late at 10 p.m. and as early as 7 a.m., depending on schedule.

Website: none Phone: 544-0995 Open since: early 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Blue Dream, White Widow, Granddaddy Purple, Blueberry and Gorilla Glue.

Formats: Flowers, edibles, tinctures, resin concentrates, joints, suckers, salves, Charlotte’s Web-brand CBD products. Also offers infused coconut oil for patients who want to make their own edibles.

Specialities: Delivery to patients in rural areas, from the Bitterroot Valley to the Flathead. Will also set up and pay for physician appointments, cover state fees and work with patients to ensure treatment matches with other prescribed drugs.

ATM on premise: No. But RMF does accept checks, cash and PayPal. Delivery: Yes

Frank Murney, aka The Shop

Address: No storefront; delivery only Hours: Sun.-Sat. 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

Website: none Phone: 406-214-2889 Open since: 2010 Formats: Capsules, lotions, infused products, edibles, smokeables Specialties: Infused products ATM on premise: N/A Delivery: Exclusively. Serving Missoula and the Bitterroot

Spark1

Address: 400 E. Broadway St., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-7 p.m.

Website: spark1mt.com Phone: 406-926-6611 Open since: February 2018 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Motor Breath, CBD products Formats: Flower, concentrates, cartridges, edibles, CBD products, tinctures, topicals, CBD products for pets Specialties: Large concentrate selection, usually more than 20 on hand

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ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Maybe, depending on patient circumstance

Starrbuds

Address: 1323 W. Broadway, Missoula Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. noon-4 p.m., closed Sun. Website: starrbuds.com Phone: 926-2092 Open since: January 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Trainwreck, Northern Lights and Dementia.

Formats: Flowers, edibles (cookies, caramels, fudges and hard candies), bubble hash, and pressed rosin and oil cartridges made from their strains.

Specialities: Starrbuds touts exceptional product quality. Prior to opening a storefront, it operated as a delivery-only service since 2008.

ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: No

Steve’s Montana Sweetgrass Farms

Address: 1510 Bulwer St., Missoula Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Website: none Phone: 406-203-6219 Open since: 2011 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Granddaddy Purple, Super Silver Haze Formats: Flower, tinctures, butters, cookies, edibles, candies Specialties: Customer service and experience ATM on premise: No Delivery: Yes

Urban Farmer

Address: 120 South Ave. W., Missoula Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat. 12 p.m.-5 p.m.

Website: urbanfarmermontana.com Phone: 406-926-1485 Open since: 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Cherry Pie, Jack Herer, Gorilla Glue, Presidential OG, Bubblegum Chem Formats: Edibles (including gluten-free), extracts, tinctures, topicals, CBDs Specialties: Urban Farmer is a full-service craft cannabis boutique ATM on premise: Yes Delivery: Yes, to the Bitterroot Valley

Zen Medicine

Address: 210 South 3rd St. W., Missoula Hours: Mon.-Sat. noon-7 p.m., closed Sun. Website: zenmedicinemt.com Phone: 406-396-4134 Open since: November 2017 Most popular strains and top-sellers: Bubblegum, Blue Dream, Purple Dragon, Deadhead OG Formats: Flower, edibles, lozenges, topicals, solventless concentrates, resin, bubble hash, tinctures, RSO Specialties: Edibles, flower ATM on premise: No Delivery: Depending on patient circumstance

missoulanews.com • February 22–March 1, 2018 [M-19]

[M-20] Missoula Independent Medical Marijuana Guide • February 22–March 1, 2018

[dish] 2015, the Liquid Planet Grille, offers the same unique Liquid Planet espresso and beverage bar you’ve come to expect, with breakfast served all day long! Sit outside and try the stuffed french toast or our handmade granola or a delicious Montana Melt, accompanied with MisSOULa’s best fries and wings, with over 20 salts, seasonings and sauces! Open 7am-8pm daily. Find us on Facebook at /LiquidPlanetGrille. $-$$ Missoula Senior Center 705 S. Higgins Ave. (on the hip strip) 543-7154 themissoulaseniorcenter.org Did you know the Missoula Senior Center serves delicious hearty lunches every week day for only $4 for those on the Nutrition Program, $5 for U of M Students with a valid student ID and $6 for all others. Children under 10 eat free. Join us from 11:30 - 12:30 M-F for delicious food and great conversation. $ The Mustard Seed Asian Cafe Southgate Mall 542-7333 Contemporary Asian fusion cuisine.

Original recipes and fresh ingredients combine the best of Japanese, Chinese, Polynesian, and Southeast Asian influences. Full menu available at the bar.

Award winning desserts made fresh daily , local and regional micro brews, fine wines & signature cocktails. Vegetarian and Gluten free menu available.

Takeout & delivery. $$-$$$ Nara Japanese/Korean Bar-B-Que & Sushi 3075 N. Reserve 327-0731 We invite you to visit our contemporary Korean-Japanese restaurant and enjoy its warm atmosphere. Full Sushi Bar. Korean bar-b-que at your table. Beer, Wine and Sake. $$-$$$ Orange Street Food Farm 701 S. Orange St. 543-3188 orangestreetfoodfarm.com Experience The Farm today!!! Voted number one Supermarket & Retail Beer Selection. Fried chicken, fresh meat, great produce, vegan, gluten free, all natural, a HUGE beer and wine selection, and ROCKIN’ music. What deal will you find today? $-$$$ Pearl Cafe 231 E. Front St. 541-0231 pearlcafe.us Country French meets the Northwest. Idaho Trout with King Crab, Beef Filet with Green Peppercorn Sauce, Fresh Northwest Fish, Seasonally Inspired Specials, House Made Sourdough Bread & Delectable Desserts.

Extensive wine list, local beer on draft. Reservations recommended. Visit us on Facebook or go to Pearlcafe.us to check out our nightly specials, make reservations, or buy gift certificates. Open Mon-Sat at 5:00. $$-$$$ Pita Pit 130 N Higgins 541-7482 pitapitusa.com Fresh Thinking Healthy Eating. Enjoy a pita rolled just for you. Hot meat and cool fresh veggies topped with your favorite sauce. Try our Chicken Caesar, Gyro, Philly Steak, Breakfast Pita, or Vegetarian Falafel to

name just a few. For your convenience we are open until 3am 7 nights a week. Call if you need us to deliver! $-$$

Drum Coffee’s winter menu

HAPPIEST HOUR

Rumour 1855 Stephens Ave. 549-7575 rumourrestaurant.com We believe in celebrating the extraordinary flavors of Montana using local product whenever it's available. We offer innovative vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, meat & seafood dishes that pair beautifully with one of our amazing handcrafted cocktails, regional micro-brews, 29 wines on tap or choose a bottle from our extensive wine list. At Rumour, you'll get more than a great culinary experience....You'll get the perfect night out. Open daily: restaurant at 4.00pm, casino at 10.30am, brunch sat & sun at 9.30am Sushi Hana 403 N. Higgins 549-7979 SushiMissoula.com Montana’s Original Sushi Bar. We Offer the Best Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Town. Casual atmosphere. Plenty of options for non-sushi eaters including daily special items you won’t find anywhere else. $1 Specials Mon & Wed. Lunch Mon–Sat; Dinner Daily. Sake, Beer, & Wine. Visit SushiMissoula.com for full menu. $$-$$$

Taco Sano Two Locations: 115 1/2 S. 4th Street West 1515 Fairview Ave inside City Life 541-7570 • tacosano.net Home of Missoula’s Best BREAKFAST BURRITO. 99 cent TOTS every Tuesday. Once you find us you’ll keep coming back. Breakfast Burritos served all day, Quesadillas, Burritos and Tacos. Let us dress up your food with our unique selection of toppings, salsas, and sauces. Open 10am-9pm 7 days a week. WE DELIVER. $-$$ Tia’s Big Sky 1016 W. Broadway 317-1817 • tiasbigsky.com We make locally sourced Mexican food from scratch. We specialize in organic marinated Mexican street chicken (rotisserie style) fresh handmade tortillas, traditional and fusion tamales, tacos, pozole and so much more. Most items on our menu are gluten free and we offer many vegetarian and vegan options. We also have traditional Mexican deserts, as well as drinks. Much of our produce is grown for us organically by Kari our in house farmer! Eat real food at Tia’s!

Westside Lanes 1615 Wyoming 721-5263 Visit us for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner served 8 AM to 9 PM. Try our homemade soups, pizzas, and specials. We serve 100% Angus beef and use fryer oil with zero trans fats, so visit us any time for great food and good fun. $-$$

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photo by Derek Brouwer

Why you’re here: Winter tends to put people in ruts. The cold, the snow and the wind force us inside, and Missoula offers only so many inside places, so we end up sitting in the same chairs and talking to the same friends as we drink the same drinks. Maybe it’s unfair to blame habits on the weather, but whatever. The wind can go to hell.

The antidote to winter is change, and this season Drum Coffee is coming through with a rotating menu of specialty coffee drinks that can make dreary mornings appear a less foreboding shade of gray. Each week, for the 15 weeks that began Dec. 26 and continue through April 15, both Drum Coffee locations are featuring a new concoction dreamed up by one of the shop’s baristas.

(Look for the bi-fold menu, teased as a “punk zine” on the shop’s Facebook page, on the counter.)

What you’re drinking: Nine weeks in, the chance to taste the Pepper MochaMiko — a latte with honey, black pepper and dark chocolate cocoa powder that “reminds you of a sharp winter spanking from your mother,” per the menu — has sadly passed.

So has the time for Kendra’s The Two Step, which adds “whispers” of mint and lavender syrup to cold brew.

Despair not, however, because on the menu through Feb. 25 is a drink distinctive enough (read: caffeinated) to jolt anyone from a winter slumber (read: seasonal affective disorder). Named “The Beurre Noisette” by a barista named Jess, whose grainy, blackand-white punk-zine photo suggests a love of plastic sunglasses and fake mustaches, this espresso is Drum’s answer to 5-hour Energy.

What it tastes like: The Beurre Noisette couples a ristretto shot with equal parts breve.

Translated for the average coffee drinker, that means you’re drinking an extra-concentrated shot of espresso mixed with heavy cream.

Then it’s finished with a dollop of housemade brown butter. So, yeah, this one will get you going — and make your tongue tingle. I sipped on these two ounces for 15 minutes, savoring the sharp, nutty flavor that cut right through the creamy texture, spreading across my taste buds like a sweet pang.

The details: Order these drinks at either Drum location, 600 South Ave. W. or 1000 E. Broadway St. Once the Beurre Noisette goes away on Feb. 25, a drink called the Beehive, also featuring a ristretto shot, takes its place.

—Derek Brouwer

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MON | 9 PM Dorothy plays the Top Hat Mon., Feb 26. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $17.50–67.50.

SAT | 8 PM Virigina City's The Brewery Follies host an absurd evening of parody and satire at Monk's Sat., Feb. 23 at 8 PM. $20.

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SAT | 8 PM Afroman plays Monk's Sat., Feb. 24 at 8 PM. $25/$20 advance.

SAT | 10 PM Dirty Revival plays the Top Hat Sat., Feb 23. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

THU | 2/22 | 8 PM Marshall McLean plays the Top Hat Thu., Feb. 22 at 8 PM. Free.

FREE VISIT FEEL THE DIFFERENCE! only.. Call club for details. *First time visitors only

SUN | 3 PM Piano virtuosos Anderson and Roe play with Missoula Symphony Orchestra at the Dennison Theatre Sun., Feb. 25 at 3 PM. $17–$50

2105 Bow St. Missoula 406.728.4410 thewomensclub.com photo courtesy Lisa-Marie Mazzucco

missoulanews.com • February 22–March 1, 2018 [21]

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Thursday The 15th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival continues with screenings across Missoula that prove truth is stranger than fiction. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org for a full schedule of films and screening times.

UM History grad student Johnny Barber gives a presentation on Civil Rights icon Fannie Lou Hamer. UM Women's Resource Center. 5 PM–6 PM. Free.

The Concerned Scientistsﾒ Happy Hour at Imagine Nation unites scientists and experts for a chance to drink, have a bite and defend science. 5:30 PM– 7 PM. RSVP at ucsusa.org.

nightlife Well that's nice of them. Benevolents play Draught Works 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Say "yes and" to a free improv workshop at BASE. Free. 725 W. Alder. 6:30 PM–8 PM Singer-songwriter and beatboxer Matisyahu plays the Wilma. Doors at 7 PM, show at 8. $28.

The Five Valleys Audubon conducts an Advance Birding Workshop from 7 PM–9:30 PM at Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regional Office. This week Larry Weeks talks about Raptors. $15.

Don't be hysterical. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre.

7:30 PM. $16.

Trivia at the Holiday Inn Downtown. 7:30–10 PM. Spokane-based singer-songwriter Marshall McLean plays the Top Hat. 8 PM. Free.

Old Dominion play the Adams Center at 8 PM. Meanwhile New Dominion plans its revenge. $29.50–59.50.

Get your boots scootin' at the Sunrise Saloon's Rocking Dance Party. 8:30 PM. Free.

Aaron "B-Rocks" Broxterman hosts karaoke night at the Dark Horse Bar. 9 PM. Free.

Kris Moon hosts a night of volcanic party action featuring himself, DJ T-Rex projecting a curated lineup of music videos on the walls every Thursday at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Pale People play the VFW Fri., Feb. 23 at 10 PM. $3.

The 15th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival continues with screenings across Missoula.

Visit bigskyfilmfest.org for a full schedule of films and screening times.

Journalist Sanjiv Bhattacharya delivers his lecture The I's Have it: First Person Structure in Nonfiction in Turner Hall's Dell Brown Room. 12 PM. Free and open to the public.

Ninja Mike's kicks off a monthlong fundraising effort to support its new storefront location with a party at Imagine Nation. 5 PM–8 PM. Free.

cause all of the stars will be at The 2018 Hospice Benefit Ball. Enjoy live music, keno and a silent auction while you wear your formal best. 6 PM– 12 AM. Hilton Garden Inn. $50–$150.

Stand-up comedian Zack Jarvis takes you on a historical and hilarious tour of Missoula Brewing Co. 6 PM. Free.

Highlander Beer hosts the live music of Pat McKay. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre. 7:30 PM. $16.

features Chauz Manuel, Kettu, HNNH and Manda Foxx on the decks. 9 PM. Free.

The Institute of Health and Humanities at the University of Montana presents a performance reading of Taylor Mac's Hir, a play about family, gender and everything in-between. Upstairs Union Club.

Doors at 7, show at 7:30. $5 suggested donation. (See Spotlight.)

Cash for Junkers provides the tunes at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

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I think dogs should vote! Acoustic folk rockers Crazy Dog play Ten Spoon Winery. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Virginia City's The Brewery Follies hosts an absurd evening of parody and political satire at Monk's. 8 PM. $20. Visit breweryfollies.net for more information.

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Foxxy Friday at the Badlander

Spotlight Isaac, a dishonorably disThis is the setting for noun (as in “judy's use of this charged Marine still scarred MacArthur Foundation Genius pronoun exposes the from his time working in hypocrisy of a Mortuary Affairs, returns to WHAT: A Performance Reading of HIR binary gender his small American homesystem”) draws town to find the life he left WHERE: Upstairs Union Club from judy's own is completely upside down. life growing up WHEN: Fri., Feb. 23–Sat., Feb. 24 and again, His father suffered a stroke as a gender Fri., March 2 and Sun., March 4, while he was gone, leaving non-conforming nightly at 7:30 PM the formerly abusive head child. The play of the family a docile mess. HOW MUCH: $5 suggested donation has received Isaac's younger sibling has rave reviews began to inject testosterone across the counto start transitioning from Max- Grant recipient and Pulitzer try for its sensational takes on ine to Max and now uses the Prize finalist Taylor Mac's play gender, family, PTSD and gender neutral pronouns hir HIR. Mac, who themselves use toxic masculinity.

—Charley Macorn (pronounced “here”) and ze “judy” (lowercase), not as a (they, them, their) (“zee”). name but as a gender pro-

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Oh yeah? Well do they know all the Presidents’ middle names, huh? Smart Alex plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

Portland-based soul-funk band Dirty Revival plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10. $5.

Pale People, Mötörhöme and Erin Schneider and the Semi Precious Stone unite for a night of rock at the VFW. 10 PM. $3.

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Sunday

Winter Storytelling at Travelers' Rest State Park with Joseph Grady and The Cultural Significance of Storytelling. 11 AM. $5.

Just kiss my check before you leave me. An Evening for Angels Fashion Show showcases designer wedding gowns on the runway of the Public House.

5:30 PM–8 PM. Free.

It came from Outer Space! The 6th Annual Mini Benefit Show benefits the Zootown Arts Community Center with a silent auction, music and dinner. 5:30 PM. The Wilma. Hope you've got your tickets, because this one is sold out.

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Crossroads and Jackson Holte play Break Espresso from 6:30 PM–9 PM. Free.

Get ready to hit the red carpet.

The Western Montana LGBTIQ Community Center hosts the 13th annual Black & White Ball at Holiday Inn Downtown. 7 PM. $40/$60 couples.

Don't be hysterical. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre.

7:30 PM. $16.

The Institute of Health and Humanities presents a performance reading of Taylor Mac's Hir, a play about family, gender and everything in-between. Upstairs Union Club. Doors at 7, show at 7:30. $5 suggested donation. (See Spotlight.)

The composer of what might as well be Missoula's theme song is back. Afroman plays Monk's.

8 PM. $25/$20 advance.

Mike and Olga play Imagine Nation from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Absolutely Dance Party at the Badlander, which gets rolling at 9 PM. Free.

Take a dip in the music of Geoff Lake at Highlander Beer. 6 PM– 8 PM. Free.

Band in Motion keeps on moving at the Union Club at 9:30 PM. Free.

The Frederico Brothers mix country and rock at Bitter Root Brewing. Meanwhile my brothers are all back in rehab. 6 PM– 8 PM. Free.

Oh yeah? Well do they know all the Presidents’ middle names, huh? Smart Alex plays the Sunrise Saloon. 9:30 PM. Free.

Barnaby Wilde provides the tunes at Draught Works. 6 PM– 8 PM. Free.

I'd like to solve the puzzle, Pat. Letter B plays the Top Hat. Doors at 9:30 PM, show at 10:15. $5.

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival comes to a close for another year. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org for a full list of films and screening times.

Win a custom pair of allmountain skis from Caravan Skis at Western Cider's Snowbowl Ski giveaway. 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Don't be hysterical. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre. 2 PM. $16.

Upright bassist John Dendy plays Draught Works from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

Piano virtuosos Anderson and Roe play Mozart's Double Piano Concerto No. 10 with Missoula Symphony Orchestra at the Dennison Theatre. 3 PM. $17–$50

Burns Street Center hosts a community spaghetti dinner. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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Turn that dial up! KBGA Radiothon pledge week kicks off with a party at Imagine Nation. 4 PM–8 PM. Free.

David Horgan and Beth Lo perform original jazz at Rumor Restaurant from 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

Live jazz at Imagine Nation Brewing. 5 PM–8 PM.

Upright bassist John Dendy plays Draught Works Sun., Feb 25 from 5 PM–7 PM. Free.

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The 15th Annual Big Sky Documentary Film Festival continues with screenings across Missoula that prove truth is stranger than fiction. Visit bigskyfilmfest.org for a full schedule of films and screening times.

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The Weekly Philosophy Forum returns with David Clark and The Parables According to Jesus. Pope Room in the Alexander Blewett III School of Law. 3 PM. Free and open to the public.

PM. Free.

Fifty cents from every pint sold between 4 PM and 8 PM at Highlander Beer goes to AniMeals.

Griz football coach Bobby Hauck is joined by leaders from SARC and Missoula Rises to discuss what can be done about tackling a culture of sexism in football and our community. The Wilma. 7 PM. Free.

nightlife Doug Funnie was really into this band in college. The Beet Tops play Western Cider from 5 PM–7

Open Mic Night at Imagine Nation Brewing. Sign up when you get there. Every Monday from 6– 8 PM.

Revelators impresario Russ Nasset

plays the Red Bird Wine Bar. 7 PM–10 PM. Free.

If it's the same one I'm thinking of, I think I have a thousand friend-ofa-friends. Los Angeles-based rock band Dorothy plays the Top Hat. Doors at 8:30 PM, show at 9. $17.50–67.50.

Motown on Mondays puts the s-ou-l back into Missoula. Resident DJs Smokey Rose and Mark Myriad curate a night of your favorite Motor City hits at the Badlander.

9 PM. Free.

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The Rivers Will Run Lecture Series continues with Mike Feiberg and 5000 Miles of Wild and the One River Adventure. Gallagher Business Building room 123. 7 PM. Free and open to the public.

Every Wednesday the Mansfield Center's Lecture explores leadership and Asian affairs. This week Jen Euell presents Why Women's Leadership Matters, from Montana to Myanmar. University Center #326. 12 PM. Free and open to the public.

nightlife

You are fierce, you are fabulous and you can do drag. Join Aladdin Giambert and Christina Drake for a workshop on the world of drag performance. Discover your inner queen, king or something in-between. University Center. 5:30 PM. Free.

Step up your factoid game at Quizzoula trivia night, every Tuesday at the VFW. 8:30 PM. Free. This week's trivia question: What broadcasting legend delivered a scathing rebuke of the Vietnam War on today's date in 1968? Answer in tomorrow's Nightlife.

This next song is about drinking a LaCroix in your Subaru with your dog. Missoula Music Showcase features local singers and songwriters each week at the Badlander. 9 PM. Free.

Every Wednesday is Community UNite at KettleHouse Brewing Company's Northside tap room.

A portion of every pint sold goes to support local Missoula causes.

This week raise a glass for the KBGA College Radio. 5 PM–8 PM.

nightlife Singer-songwriter John Floridis plays Great Burn Brewing from 6 PM–8 PM. Free

My favorite Comedy Olympics event is Men's Team Exclusion of Women. The Women's Comedy Happy Hour at the Badlander lets you learn the skills behind stand-up in a open and supportive setting. 6 PM. Free.

David Horgan and Beth Lo join the Basement Boyz at the Top Hat for an evening of jazz. 7 PM–9 PM. Free.

The Global Public Health Lecture series features health professionals working to improve public health around the world sharing their experiences and insights. This week Marshall Bloom presents Predicting Pandemics and the Myth of Sisyphus.

Gallagher Business Building#L09. 6:30 PM. Free.

Win big bucks off your bar tab and/or free pitchers by answering trivia questions at Brains on Broadway Trivia Night at the Broadway Sports Bar and Grill.

7 PM. Trivia answer: Walter Cronkite.

Don't be hysterical. In the Next

The 2018 Snowbowl Cup Gelande North American Championship February 24th-25th •REGISTRATION: Friday, Feb. 23rd from 10am to 3pm in Last Run Inn •ENTRY FEES: $100 for Pros; $25 for Amateurs.

Helmet & proof of medical insurance REQUIRED. •SPECTATORS WELCOME: Sunday, February 25th Non-skier admission is $3 per person.

No personal alcoholic beverages allowed.

Please carpool.

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Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre.

7:30 PM. $16.

Revival Stand-up Comedy Open Mic presents Improvised Comedy. Watch comedians have panic attacks will coming up with sets from random joke prompts. Sign up at 7, show at 7:30 PM. The Badlander.

Free.

Kraptastic Karaoke indulges your need to croon, belt and warble at the Badlander. 9:30 PM. No cover.

My DJ name is RNDM LTTRS. Join the Missoula Open Decks Society for an evening of music. Bring your gear and your dancing shoes to the VFW at 8 PM. Every Wednesday is Beer Bingo at the Thomas Meagher Bar. Win cash prizes along with beer and liquor giveaways. 8 PM. Free.

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Tuesday

nightlife Author Jeff Birkby talks about his book Images of America: Montana's Hot Springs at Fact & Fiction. 7 PM. Stephen Glueckert, Curator Emeritus for the Missoula Art Museum, gives a public presentation on 20 lesser-known artists and educators who worked in Montana between 1810–1945. Lolo Community Center. 7 PM. Free.

Don't be hysterical. In the Next Room, or the vibrator play continues at the Masquer Theatre.

7:30 PM. $16.

Mix some red with the bluesy jazz of Chuck Florence, David Horgan and Beth Lo at Plonk Wine Bar. 8 PM–11 PM. Free.

We want to know about your event! Submit to calendar@missoulanews.com at least two weeks in advance of the event.

Don’t forget to include the date, time, venue and cost.

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Agenda

MONDAY FEBRUARY 26 One dollar from every cocktail sold at Montgomery Distillery goes to support KBGA College Radio. 12 PM–8 PM. A portion of sales at Five on Black between 3 PM and 8 PM go to support Pink Gloves Boxing.

Fifty cents from every pint sold between 4 PM and 8 PM at Highlander Beer goes to AniMeals.

Have you been curious about what you can do to protect civil liberties in your community and across the state of Montana? Since 1972, the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana has worked to make sure that all Montanans are protected by the rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the laws of the United States. But as we've all been learning this year, democracy only works through public engagement. As such, the ACLU of Montana offers a fantastic opportunity to give back to your community, while standing up for American ideals.

The ACLU of Montana hosts an evening discussion about advocacy and community organizing with a focus on volunteer opportunities,

including how you can get involved and contribute at a local and state level. Areas of interest include criminal justice reform, reproductive freedom, racial justice and digital privacy among others. Volunteers can do anything from hosting an event for the ACLU, to making phone calls, doing research or even good old fashioned door knocking. This nonpartisan discussion about local issues is open to all.

—Charley Macorn The ACLU Volunteer Orientation runs from 6 PM–8 PM in Missoula Public Library's Large Meeting Room. RSVP at aclumontana.org.

Griz football coach Bobby Hauck is joined by leaders from SARC and Missoula Rises to discuss what can be done about tackling a culture of sexism in football and our community. The Wilma. 7 PM. Free.

A dollar from every drink sold at Western Cider goes to support Youth Homes. 11 AM–8 PM. The first rule of Feminist Fight Club is you should really tell everyone who wants to learn tactics for combatting sexism. University Center. 5 PM–7:30 PM. ACLU of Montana hosts a workshop for people interested in volunteering their time and skills to help protect American freedoms. Missoula Public Library. 6 PM–8 PM. Free.

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A portion of all proceeds at Notorious P.I.G go to support CASA of Missoula. 11 AM–8 PM.

Twenty percent of sales at Buffalo Wild Wings goes to support AniMeals. 11 AM–11 PM.

AGENDA is dedicated to upcoming events embodying activism, outreach and public participation. Send your who/what/when/where and why to AGENDA, c/o the Independent, 317 S. Orange, Missoula, MT 59801. You can also email entries to calendar@missoulanews.com or send a fax to (406) 543-4367. AGENDA’s deadline for editorial consideration is 10 days prior to the issue in which you’d like your information to be included. When possible, please include appropriate photos/artwork.

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Mountain High ’m keeping on a winter spectator sport theme for one more week, because it’s still the middle of the Olympics and when else are you (am I) this interested in Olympic specific events? One of the best things to watch in the Winter Games is ski jumping. I recall a class at UM my freshman year taught by former ski jumper and U.S. Nordic Combined coach, Steve Gaskill. He always started the semester by showing a 10-minute video of ski jumpers crashing. The visuals are terrifying when something goes wrong, but when it’s done right, it’s mesmerizing to watch.

There aren’t many places to watch jumping in person, but this weekend the Gelande Ski Jumping competition is taking place at Snowbowl. Slightly different than the Olympic event (Alpine vs. nordic gear, one-third the distance traveled, etc.), it is nonetheless thrilling to watch. Skiers take off to

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—Micah Drew Snowbowl Cup Gelande Ski Jumping competition starts Sat., Feb. 24, at noon Saturday and Sun., Feb. 25, at 11 AM. Free on Saturday, $3 on Sunday. The $3 will be turned into a coupon which can be used for purchase anywhere at Snowbowl.

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The Five Valleys Audubon conducts an Advance Birding Workshop every Thursday from 7 PM– 9:30 PM at Fish, Wildlife & Parks Regional Office. This week Larry Weeks talks about raptors. $15.

Montana Wilderness Association Presents a special presentation on the protection and preservation of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. Opportunity Resources. 7 PM. Free.

The final Board of Missoula Banked Slalom League Snowboard race at Montana Snowbowl lets you show your stuff on the freestyle hill. 6 PM. $10.

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SATURDAY FEBRUARY 24 Spend a day skiing with the folks of Western Cider. Shuttle leaves at 9 AM and returns at 4:30 PM for a party. $15.

The Snow Joke Half Marathon takes you through Seeley Lake while raising funds for elementary school outdoor programs. $35. Visit mtsnowjoke.com for more info and registration.

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I’m dating again now and annoyed by how texting’s become the way you get to know somebody you might want to go out with. I type all day at work. I’ll talk on the phone, but the last thing I want to do when I’m off is type text messages.

—Contrary Millennial Woman Back in, say, 539 B.C. in Sumer, if you wanted to tell somebody you were “laughing out loud,” you’d have to dispatch your eunuch across town with the message on a cuneiform tablet. Okay, so the “tablets” are way more tricked out these days, but oh, how far we haven’t come.

Texting can be a great way to get to know somebody — somebody who can’t talk on the phone because they’re hiding in a closet from kidnappers in a Liam Neeson movie. However, assuming neither of you is in immediate danger of being sold into sex slavery by the standard swarthy Hollywood terrorists, you should hold off on any text-athons until after you put in some solid face-to-face time.

Sure, in texting, it seems like all sorts of information is getting “bloop!”ed back and forth.

However, you end up missing some vital elements — tone of voice, emotion, body language — that you’d have in person or even FaceTiming on your phone.

People shrug that off: “No biggie ... I’ll just see all that stuff when we meet.” Well, there’s a problem with that. “Nature,” it’s said, “abhors a vacuum,” and it seems the human brain isn’t so hot on it, either. Research by neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests that when people lack information, their brain helps them by making up a narrative that seems to make sense. So there’s a good chance your brain is going to be your helpful little servant and fill in the missing bits — with ideas about a person that may not correspond all that closely with reality.

In other words, you’re accidentally onto something with your dislike of text-athons.That said, the telephone isn’t the best way to get to know somebody, either — not even via FaceTime, which only gives you a partial picture.

That’s why I think you and anyone you’re considering dating should communicate minimally online or by phone and get together in person ASAP. Ideally, your first date should be three things: cheap, short and local — making it lowcost in time, money and, on some occasions, “lemme outta here, you sick pumpkin latteslurping degenerate!” (Apologies to any degenerates who don’t befoul their latte with autumn Febreze.)

Tell guys your preference, and don’t be

swayed by texting aficionados who insist that you simply MUST engage in marathon text sessions before meeting somebody ... because ... because safety! Sure, meet your dates in public places (rather than have them pop by your place so they can zip-tie you and stuff you in their trunk). The reality is, texting somebody till your fingers bleed is not the equivalent of an FBI report on their trustworthiness — though it will leave you well-prepared to testify at The Hague on their war crimes against the apostrophe.

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My wife and I have our differences in bed. Let’s say that I like A and she likes B. So we alternate — A one time and B the next — meaning we’re each only satisfied half the time. Is this a smart compromise?

—Curious Relationships do take compromise — especially when one of you’s in the mood for foreplay with whipped cream and strawberries and then a glance at the calendar reveals: “Oh, crap. It’s Medieval Torture Device Monday.”

As for whether your sex compromise is “smart,” it depends. Research by social psychologist Shelly Gable finds that in a relationship, you can do the exact same activity on your partner’s behalf — say, picking up their thumbscrews from the welder — and have it be good or bad for the relationship, depending on your motivation.

Couples in Gable’s studies were happiest when partners’ efforts for each other were driven by “approach” rather than “avoidance” goals. “Approach” involves moving in a positive direction, making an effort for positive reasons — such as barking like a gibbon in bed because you love your partner and want them to be happy. “Avoidance” involves doing it to prevent rejection or conflict (like being exiled to the couch for three days).

An “approach” approach to sex, especially, appears to pay off. Social psychologist Amy Muise found that partners who took pleasure in giving their partner sexual pleasure “felt more satisfied and committed both at the ... time and three weeks later.”The message in all of this? A smart sex compromise runs on enthusiasm for rocking each other’s world in bed — even if the thing your partner’s into plays for you like “How ’bout we sneak out to my car for a quick endoscopy?”

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP INVITATION FOR BID Missoula County is seeking sealed bids from qualified bidders for the Installation of Poured-in-Place Seamless Rubber for Phase 2 of Fort Missoula Regional Park, Missoula, Montana until 4:00 PM local time February 23, 2018 and will then be publicly opened and read aloud at the Office of the Missoula County Auditor, 199 West Pine, Room 136, Missoula, Montana 59802. The project consists of the professional installation of approximately 14,418 sq. ft. of ADA compliant poured-in-place, seamless, rubber safety surfacing for the playgrounds at Phase 2 of Fort Missoula Regional Park. Missoula County reserves the right to waive any and all irregularities or informalities and to determine what constitutes any and all irregularities or informalities in a bid. Missoula County reserves the right to determine and accept the lowest responsive and responsible bid based on the bid requirements and the documentation and pricing as outlined in the Contract Documents. Missoula County reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to re-advertise. Missoula County reserves the right to authorize construction of any combination of, or all of, or none of the bid items indicated. A complete set of the IFB Documents are available on the County website at https://www.missoulacounty.us/government/administration/auditor-s-office/bids-proposals INVITATION FOR BID Sealed bids from qualified bidders for the Installation of Playground and Fitness Equipment for Phase 2 of Fort Missoula Regional Park, Missoula, Montana will be received until 4:00 PM local time February 23, 2018 and will then be publicly opened and read aloud at the Office of the Missoula County Auditor, 199 West Pine, Room 136, Missoula, Montana 59802. This project consists of the professional installation by certified installers of owner provided play and fitness equipment from multiple suppliers for Phase 2 of Fort Missoula Regional Park, Missoula, Montana. The list and layout of equipment to be installed under this contract is listed can be found in the Invitation for bid and the attached exhibit. All equipment is to be installed within the constructed play area

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Date: 2/5/2018 /s/ Shirley E. Faust, Clerk of District Court By: /s/ Molly A. Reynolds, Deputy Clerk of Court MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 1 Cause No. DP-18-15 Hon. Leslie Halligan Presiding. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN RE THE ESTATE OF SHANNON KAYE KENT, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate.

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you’re playing poker, a wild card refers to a card that can be used as any card the cardholder wants it to be. If the two of hearts is deemed wild before the game begins, it can be used as an ace of diamonds, jack of clubs, queen of spades or anything else. That’s always a good thing! In the game of life, a wild card is the arrival of an unforeseen element that affects the flow of events unpredictably. It might derail your plans, or alter them in ways that are at first inconvenient but ultimately beneficial. It may even cause them to succeed in an even more interesting fashion than you imagined they could. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect that you’ll be in the Wild Card Season during the next four weeks. Any and all of the above definitions may apply. Be alert for unusual luck.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you gorge on ten pounds of chocolate in the next 24 hours, you will get sick. Please don’t do that. Limit your intake to no more than a pound. Follow a similar policy with any other pleasurable activity. Feel emboldened to surpass your normal dosage, yes, but avoid ridiculous overindulgence.

Now is one of the rare times when visionary artist William Blake’s maxim is applicable: “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” So is his corollary, “You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.” But keep in mind that Blake didn’t say, “The road of foolish, reckless exorbitance leads to the palace of wisdom.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever had a rousing insight about an action that would improve your life, but then you failed to summon the willpower to actually take that action? Have you resolved to embark on some new behavior that would be good for you, but then found yourself unable to carry it out? Most of us have experienced these frustrations. The ancient Greeks had a word for it: akrasia. I bring it up, Gemini, because I suspect you may be less susceptible to akrasia in the next four weeks than you have ever been. I bet you will consistently have the courage and command to actually follow through on what your intuition tells you is in your best interests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “There is no such thing as a failed experiment,” said inventor Buckminster Fuller, “only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” That’s an excellent guideline for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.You’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when questions are more important than answers, when explorations are more essential than discoveries, and when curiosity is more useful than knowledge. There will be minimal value in formulating a definitive concept of success and then trying to achieve it. You will have more fun and you will learn more by continually redefining success as you wander and ramble.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During World War II, British code-breakers regularly intercepted and deciphered topsecret radio messages that high-ranking German soldiers sent to each other. Historians have concluded that these heroes shortened the war by at least two years. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that it will inspire you. I believe your own metaphorical code-breaking skills will be acute in the coming weeks.You’ll be able to decrypt messages that have different meanings from what they appear to mean. You won’t get fooled by deception and misdirection. This knack will enable you to home in on the elusive truths that are circulating — thus saving you from unnecessary and irrelevant turmoil.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In April 1972, three American astronauts climbed into a spacecraft and took a trip to the moon and back. On the second day of the 11-day jaunt, pilot Ken Mattingly removed and misplaced his wedding ring. In the zero-gravity conditions, it drifted off and disappeared somewhere in the cabin. Nine days later, on the way home, Mattingly and Charlie Duke did a space walk. When they opened the hatch and slipped outside, they found the wedding ring floating in the blackness of space. Duke was able to grab it and bring it in. I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will recover a lost or missing item in an equally unlikely location, Virgo. Or perhaps your retrieval will be of a more metaphorical kind: a dream, a friendship, an opportunity.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to British philosopher Alain de Botton, “Maturity begins with the capacity to sense and, in good time and without defensiveness, admit to our own craziness.” He says that our humble willingness to be embarrassed by our confusion and mistakes and doubts is key to understanding ourselves. I believe these meditations will be especially useful for you in the coming weeks, Libra. They could lead you to learn and make use of robust new secrets of self-mastery.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the next four weeks, there are three activities I suspect you should indulge in at an elevated rate: laughter, dancing and sex. The astrological omens suggest that these pursuits will bring you even more health benefits than usual. They will not only give your body, mind and soul the precise exercise they need most; they will also make you smarter and kinder and wilder. Fortunately, the astrological omens also suggest that laughter, dancing and sex will be even more easily available to you than they normally are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The little voices in your head may have laryngitis, but they’re still spouting their cracked advice. Here’s another curiosity:You are extra-attuned to the feelings and thoughts of other people.

I’m tempted to speculate that you’re at least temporarily telepathic. There’s a third factor contributing to the riot in your head: People you were close to earlier in your life are showing up to kibitz you in your nightly dreams. In response, I bid you to bark “Enough!” at all these meddlers. You have astrological permission to tell them to pipe down so you can hear yourself think.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Paleontologist Jack Horner says that developmental biologists are halfway toward being able to create a chickenosaurus — a creature that is genetically a blend of a chicken and a dinosaur.

This project is conceivable because there’s an evolutionary link between the ancient reptile and the modern bird.

Now is a favorable time for you to contemplate metaphorically similar juxtapositions and combinations, Capricorn.

For the foreseeable future, you’ll have extra skill and savvy in the art of amalgamation.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” That’s the message I saw on a woman’s t-shirt today. It’s the best possible advice for you to hear right now.To further drive home the point, I’ll add a quote from productivity consultant David Allen: “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” Are you willing to be loyal and true to your high standards, Aquarius, even as you improvise to uphold and fulfill them?

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP GIVEN that Raymond E. Anthony, Jr. and Dennis L. Anthony have been appointed Co-Personal Representatives of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the Deceased are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice, or their claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to Jones & Associates, PLLC, Attorneys for the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at 2625 Dearborn Avenue, Ste. 102A, Missoula, MT 59804, or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Montana the foregoing is true and correct. Dated this 29th day of January, 2018. /s/ Raymond E.Anthony, Jr., Co-Personal Representative /s/ Dennis L. Anthony, Co-Personal Representative /s/ Kevin S. Jones, Attorney for Co-Personal Representatives MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No. 4 Probate No. DP-18-11 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LEONARD ZAWADA, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the said deceased are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred. Claims must either be mailed to The Western Montana Chapter, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, c/o Boone Karlberg P.C., P. O. Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807-9199, or filed with the Clerk of the above-entitled Court. I declare, under penalty of perjury and under the laws of the state of Montana, that the foregoing is true and correct.

DATED this 7th day of February, 2018 at Missoula, Montana. Western Montana Chapter /s/ Melissa Stiegler Personal Representative BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie Sirrs, Esq. PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Tina Zawada, Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-18-19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOSEPH J. HACKENBRUCK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to AMANDA HACKENBRUCK, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 31st day of January, 2018. /s/ Amanda Hackenbruck, Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas Attorneys for Amanda Hackenbruck, Personal Representative

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by LINDY M. LAUDER, as successor Trustee, of the public sale of the real property hereinafter described pursuant to the “Small Tract Financing Act of Montana” (Section 71-1-301, et seq., MCA). The following information is provided: THE NAME OF THE GRANTOR, ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, THE BENEFICIARY IN THE DEED OF TRUST,ANY SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIARY OR GRANTOR, ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AND THE PRESENT RECORD OWNER IS/ARE: Grantor: The Victor E. & Merle D. Cabreros Trust (the “Grantor”) Original Trustee: Insured Titles, LLC Successor Trustee: Lindy M. Lauder, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Montana (the “Trustee”) Beneficiary: Stockman Bank of Montana (the “Beneficiary”) Present Record Owner: The Victor E. & Merle D. Cabreros Trust dated March 9, 2003 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST IS: The real property and its appurtenances in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 25 of 44 Ranch, Phases 1 and 2, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 2552 Snaffle Bit Way, Missoula, Montana 59808. RECORDING DATA: The following instruments and documents have been recorded in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Missoula County, Montana. Deed of Trust dated November 21, 2016, and recorded November 23, 2016, as Document No. 201621435, Book 971 of Micro Records, Page 263, records of Missoula County, Montana; and Substitution of Trustee dated January 2, 2018, and recorded January 4, 2018, under Document No. 201800258, Book 991, Page 464, records of Missoula County, Montana. THE DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE IS: Nonpayment of monthly installments of $1,229.03 due under the Promissory Note dated November 21, 2016, which is secured by the Deed of Trust.

The borrower is due for the October 2017 payment and for each subsequent monthly payment. THE SUMS OWING ON THE OBLIGATION SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AS OF JANUARY 9, 2018 ARE: Principal: $187,304.61 Interest: Interest continues to accrue at a rate of 4.75% per annum. As of January 9, 2018 the interest balance is $1,842.87 and interest accrues at the rate of $24.3752 per day. Late fees: $500.00 The Beneficiary anticipates and intends to disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the real property, and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts or taxes are paid by the Grantor or successor in interest to the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of the sale include the Trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and costs and expenses of sale. THE TRUSTEE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BENEFICIARY,

HEREBY ELECTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS. THE DATE,TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE ARE: Date: June 13, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m., Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time, whichever is in effect. Place: Crowley Fleck, 305 S. 4th St. E., Missoula, MT 59801 Terms:This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, and excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. Dated this 9th day of January, 2018. /s/ Lindy M. Lauder LINDY M. LAUDER Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ) :ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on January 9, 2018,

by Lindy M. Lauder, as Trustee. /s/ Roxie Hausauer [NOTARY SEAL] Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Lolo, Montana My commission expires: 01/09/2021 File No.: 087501-000429 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on May 17, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana:A Tract of land located in the South one-half of Section 4,Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 3690. Together with a non-exclusive easement for the purpose of ingress and egress from the above described premises to the public road. More commonly known as 27785 Isaac Road, aka 27785 Isaac Creek Road, Huson, MT 59846. Michael F. Manthey, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on January 16, 2008, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on January 25, 2008 as Instrument No.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 200801735, in Book 812, at Page 394, of Official Records.The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Bank of America, N.A. Assignment Dated: July 27, 2015 Assignment Recorded:August 3, 2015 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201513819, in Book 948, at Page 502, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 14, 2017 as Instrument No. 201723001, in Book 989, at Page 459, of Official Records.The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning April 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against

the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $61,392.53, interest in the sum of $4,348.53, escrow advances of $0.00, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $900.62 for a total amount owing of $66,641.68, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the

Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the

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Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2018. Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 50825

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 25, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: The N1/2 of Lots 1 and 2, which N1/2 of said lots is a tract 80 feet facing Spruce Street and 58.75 feet facing “A” Street, of Block “A” of the REPLACEMENT PLAT OF LA POINT ADDITION, according to the official plat thereof, as filed in the Clerk and Recorder`s Office, Missoula County, Montana Joseph J.Turk III and Dorene M. Turk, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Allen L. Karell, ESQ., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to One Stop Mortgage, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 24, 1999, and recorded on June 2, 1999 as Book 584 Page 1372, Doc Number 199914976.The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-2. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning April 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.The total amount due on this obligation as of October 7, 2017 is

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I’m dating again now and annoyed by how texting’s become the way you get to know somebody you might want to go out with. I type all day at work. I’ll talk on the phone, but the last thing I want to do when I’m off is type text messages.

—Contrary Millennial Woman Back in, say, 539 B.C. in Sumer, if you wanted to tell somebody you were “laughing out loud,” you’d have to dispatch your eunuch across town with the message on a cuneiform tablet. Okay, so the “tablets” are way more tricked out these days, but oh, how far we haven’t come.

Texting can be a great way to get to know somebody — somebody who can’t talk on the phone because they’re hiding in a closet from kidnappers in a Liam Neeson movie. However, assuming neither of you is in immediate danger of being sold into sex slavery by the standard swarthy Hollywood terrorists, you should hold off on any text-athons until after you put in some solid face-to-face time.

Sure, in texting, it seems like all sorts of information is getting “bloop!”ed back and forth.

However, you end up missing some vital elements — tone of voice, emotion, body language — that you’d have in person or even FaceTiming on your phone.

People shrug that off: “No biggie ... I’ll just see all that stuff when we meet.” Well, there’s a problem with that. “Nature,” it’s said, “abhors a vacuum,” and it seems the human brain isn’t so hot on it, either. Research by neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga suggests that when people lack information, their brain helps them by making up a narrative that seems to make sense. So there’s a good chance your brain is going to be your helpful little servant and fill in the missing bits — with ideas about a person that may not correspond all that closely with reality.

In other words, you’re accidentally onto something with your dislike of text-athons.That said, the telephone isn’t the best way to get to know somebody, either — not even via FaceTime, which only gives you a partial picture.

That’s why I think you and anyone you’re considering dating should communicate minimally online or by phone and get together in person ASAP. Ideally, your first date should be three things: cheap, short and local — making it lowcost in time, money and, on some occasions, “lemme outta here, you sick pumpkin latteslurping degenerate!” (Apologies to any degenerates who don’t befoul their latte with autumn Febreze.)

Tell guys your preference, and don’t be

swayed by texting aficionados who insist that you simply MUST engage in marathon text sessions before meeting somebody ... because ... because safety! Sure, meet your dates in public places (rather than have them pop by your place so they can zip-tie you and stuff you in their trunk). The reality is, texting somebody till your fingers bleed is not the equivalent of an FBI report on their trustworthiness — though it will leave you well-prepared to testify at The Hague on their war crimes against the apostrophe.

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My wife and I have our differences in bed. Let’s say that I like A and she likes B. So we alternate — A one time and B the next — meaning we’re each only satisfied half the time. Is this a smart compromise?

—Curious Relationships do take compromise — especially when one of you’s in the mood for foreplay with whipped cream and strawberries and then a glance at the calendar reveals: “Oh, crap. It’s Medieval Torture Device Monday.”

As for whether your sex compromise is “smart,” it depends. Research by social psychologist Shelly Gable finds that in a relationship, you can do the exact same activity on your partner’s behalf — say, picking up their thumbscrews from the welder — and have it be good or bad for the relationship, depending on your motivation.

Couples in Gable’s studies were happiest when partners’ efforts for each other were driven by “approach” rather than “avoidance” goals. “Approach” involves moving in a positive direction, making an effort for positive reasons — such as barking like a gibbon in bed because you love your partner and want them to be happy. “Avoidance” involves doing it to prevent rejection or conflict (like being exiled to the couch for three days).

An “approach” approach to sex, especially, appears to pay off. Social psychologist Amy Muise found that partners who took pleasure in giving their partner sexual pleasure “felt more satisfied and committed both at the ... time and three weeks later.”The message in all of this? A smart sex compromise runs on enthusiasm for rocking each other’s world in bed — even if the thing your partner’s into plays for you like “How ’bout we sneak out to my car for a quick endoscopy?”

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By Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): When you’re playing poker, a wild card refers to a card that can be used as any card the cardholder wants it to be. If the two of hearts is deemed wild before the game begins, it can be used as an ace of diamonds, jack of clubs, queen of spades or anything else. That’s always a good thing! In the game of life, a wild card is the arrival of an unforeseen element that affects the flow of events unpredictably. It might derail your plans, or alter them in ways that are at first inconvenient but ultimately beneficial. It may even cause them to succeed in an even more interesting fashion than you imagined they could. I bring this up, Aries, because I suspect that you’ll be in the Wild Card Season during the next four weeks. Any and all of the above definitions may apply. Be alert for unusual luck.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): If you gorge on ten pounds of chocolate in the next 24 hours, you will get sick. Please don’t do that. Limit your intake to no more than a pound. Follow a similar policy with any other pleasurable activity. Feel emboldened to surpass your normal dosage, yes, but avoid ridiculous overindulgence.

Now is one of the rare times when visionary artist William Blake’s maxim is applicable: “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” So is his corollary, “You never know what is enough until you know what is more than enough.” But keep in mind that Blake didn’t say, “The road of foolish, reckless exorbitance leads to the palace of wisdom.”

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Have you ever had a rousing insight about an action that would improve your life, but then you failed to summon the willpower to actually take that action? Have you resolved to embark on some new behavior that would be good for you, but then found yourself unable to carry it out? Most of us have experienced these frustrations. The ancient Greeks had a word for it: akrasia. I bring it up, Gemini, because I suspect you may be less susceptible to akrasia in the next four weeks than you have ever been. I bet you will consistently have the courage and command to actually follow through on what your intuition tells you is in your best interests.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “There is no such thing as a failed experiment,” said inventor Buckminster Fuller, “only experiments with unexpected outcomes.” That’s an excellent guideline for you to keep in mind during the coming weeks.You’re entering a phase of your astrological cycle when questions are more important than answers, when explorations are more essential than discoveries, and when curiosity is more useful than knowledge. There will be minimal value in formulating a definitive concept of success and then trying to achieve it. You will have more fun and you will learn more by continually redefining success as you wander and ramble.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): During World War II, British code-breakers regularly intercepted and deciphered topsecret radio messages that high-ranking German soldiers sent to each other. Historians have concluded that these heroes shortened the war by at least two years. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that it will inspire you. I believe your own metaphorical code-breaking skills will be acute in the coming weeks.You’ll be able to decrypt messages that have different meanings from what they appear to mean. You won’t get fooled by deception and misdirection. This knack will enable you to home in on the elusive truths that are circulating — thus saving you from unnecessary and irrelevant turmoil.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In April 1972, three American astronauts climbed into a spacecraft and took a trip to the moon and back. On the second day of the 11-day jaunt, pilot Ken Mattingly removed and misplaced his wedding ring. In the zero-gravity conditions, it drifted off and disappeared somewhere in the cabin. Nine days later, on the way home, Mattingly and Charlie Duke did a space walk. When they opened the hatch and slipped outside, they found the wedding ring floating in the blackness of space. Duke was able to grab it and bring it in. I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will recover a lost or missing item in an equally unlikely location, Virgo. Or perhaps your retrieval will be of a more metaphorical kind: a dream, a friendship, an opportunity.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): According to British philosopher Alain de Botton, “Maturity begins with the capacity to sense and, in good time and without defensiveness, admit to our own craziness.” He says that our humble willingness to be embarrassed by our confusion and mistakes and doubts is key to understanding ourselves. I believe these meditations will be especially useful for you in the coming weeks, Libra. They could lead you to learn and make use of robust new secrets of self-mastery.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): During the next four weeks, there are three activities I suspect you should indulge in at an elevated rate: laughter, dancing and sex. The astrological omens suggest that these pursuits will bring you even more health benefits than usual. They will not only give your body, mind and soul the precise exercise they need most; they will also make you smarter and kinder and wilder. Fortunately, the astrological omens also suggest that laughter, dancing and sex will be even more easily available to you than they normally are.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The little voices in your head may have laryngitis, but they’re still spouting their cracked advice. Here’s another curiosity:You are extra-attuned to the feelings and thoughts of other people.

I’m tempted to speculate that you’re at least temporarily telepathic. There’s a third factor contributing to the riot in your head: People you were close to earlier in your life are showing up to kibitz you in your nightly dreams. In response, I bid you to bark “Enough!” at all these meddlers. You have astrological permission to tell them to pipe down so you can hear yourself think.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Paleontologist Jack Horner says that developmental biologists are halfway toward being able to create a chickenosaurus — a creature that is genetically a blend of a chicken and a dinosaur.

This project is conceivable because there’s an evolutionary link between the ancient reptile and the modern bird.

Now is a favorable time for you to contemplate metaphorically similar juxtapositions and combinations, Capricorn.

For the foreseeable future, you’ll have extra skill and savvy in the art of amalgamation.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Be stubborn about your goals but flexible about your methods.” That’s the message I saw on a woman’s t-shirt today. It’s the best possible advice for you to hear right now.To further drive home the point, I’ll add a quote from productivity consultant David Allen: “Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind.” Are you willing to be loyal and true to your high standards, Aquarius, even as you improvise to uphold and fulfill them?

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her novel The Round House, writer Louise Erdrich reminisces about how hard it was, earlier in her life, to yank out the trees whose roots had grown into the foundation of her family’s house. “How funny, strange, that a thing can grow so powerful even when planted in the wrong place,” she says.

Then she adds, “ideas, too.” Your first assignment in the coming weeks, my dear Pisces, is to make sure that nothing gets planted in the wrong place. Your second assignment is to focus all your intelligence and love on locating the right places for new seeds to be planted.

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DATED this 7th day of February, 2018 at Missoula, Montana. Western Montana Chapter /s/ Melissa Stiegler Personal Representative BOONE KARLBERG P.C. By: /s/ Julie Sirrs, Esq. PO Box 9199, Missoula, Montana 59807 Attorneys for Tina Zawada, Petitioner MONTANA FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, MISSOULA COUNTY Dept. No.: 1 Cause No.: DP-18-19 NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOSEPH J. HACKENBRUCK, Deceased. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been appointed Personal Representative of the above-named estate. All persons having claims against the decedent are required to present their claims within four months after the date of the first publication of this notice or said claims will be forever barred.

Claims must either be mailed to AMANDA HACKENBRUCK, the Personal Representative, return receipt requested, at c/o Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC, 2809 Great Northern Loop, Suite 100, Missoula, MT 59808 or filed with the Clerk of the above Court. DATED this 31st day of January, 2018. /s/ Amanda Hackenbruck, Personal Representative Bjornson Jones Mungas, PLLC By: /s/ Craig Mungas Attorneys for Amanda Hackenbruck, Personal Representative

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by LINDY M. LAUDER, as successor Trustee, of the public sale of the real property hereinafter described pursuant to the “Small Tract Financing Act of Montana” (Section 71-1-301, et seq., MCA). The following information is provided: THE NAME OF THE GRANTOR, ORIGINAL TRUSTEE, THE BENEFICIARY IN THE DEED OF TRUST,ANY SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIARY OR GRANTOR, ANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE, AND THE PRESENT RECORD OWNER IS/ARE: Grantor: The Victor E. & Merle D. Cabreros Trust (the “Grantor”) Original Trustee: Insured Titles, LLC Successor Trustee: Lindy M. Lauder, an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Montana (the “Trustee”) Beneficiary: Stockman Bank of Montana (the “Beneficiary”) Present Record Owner: The Victor E. & Merle D. Cabreros Trust dated March 9, 2003 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY COVERED BY THE DEED OF TRUST IS: The real property and its appurtenances in Missoula County, Montana, more particularly described as follows: Lot 25 of 44 Ranch, Phases 1 and 2, a platted subdivision in the City of Missoula, Missoula County, Montana, according to the official recorded plat thereof.The Real Property or its address is commonly known as 2552 Snaffle Bit Way, Missoula, Montana 59808. RECORDING DATA: The following instruments and documents have been recorded in the Clerk and Recorder’s Office in Missoula County, Montana. Deed of Trust dated November 21, 2016, and recorded November 23, 2016, as Document No. 201621435, Book 971 of Micro Records, Page 263, records of Missoula County, Montana; and Substitution of Trustee dated January 2, 2018, and recorded January 4, 2018, under Document No. 201800258, Book 991, Page 464, records of Missoula County, Montana. THE DEFAULT FOR WHICH THE FORECLOSURE IS MADE IS: Nonpayment of monthly installments of $1,229.03 due under the Promissory Note dated November 21, 2016, which is secured by the Deed of Trust.

The borrower is due for the October 2017 payment and for each subsequent monthly payment. THE SUMS OWING ON THE OBLIGATION SECURED BY THE DEED OF TRUST AS OF JANUARY 9, 2018 ARE: Principal: $187,304.61 Interest: Interest continues to accrue at a rate of 4.75% per annum. As of January 9, 2018 the interest balance is $1,842.87 and interest accrues at the rate of $24.3752 per day. Late fees: $500.00 The Beneficiary anticipates and intends to disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the real property, and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts or taxes are paid by the Grantor or successor in interest to the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligation secured by the Trust Indenture. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of the sale include the Trustee’s and attorney’s fees, and costs and expenses of sale. THE TRUSTEE, AT THE DIRECTION OF THE BENEFICIARY,

HEREBY ELECTS TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO SATISFY THE AFORESAID OBLIGATIONS. THE DATE,TIME, PLACE AND TERMS OF SALE ARE: Date: June 13, 2018 Time: 11:00 a.m., Mountain Standard Time or Mountain Daylight Time, whichever is in effect. Place: Crowley Fleck, 305 S. 4th St. E., Missoula, MT 59801 Terms:This sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, and excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid in cash. The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. Dated this 9th day of January, 2018. /s/ Lindy M. Lauder LINDY M. LAUDER Trustee STATE OF MONTANA ) :ss. County of Missoula) This instrument was acknowledged before me on January 9, 2018,

by Lindy M. Lauder, as Trustee. /s/ Roxie Hausauer [NOTARY SEAL] Notary Public for the State of Montana Residing at Lolo, Montana My commission expires: 01/09/2021 File No.: 087501-000429 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE To be sold for cash at a Trustee’s Sale on May 17, 2018, 11:00 AM at the main entrance of Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway Street, Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, State of Montana:A Tract of land located in the South one-half of Section 4,Township 15 North, Range 22 West, P.M.M., Missoula County Montana, being more particularly described as Tract 2 of Certificate of Survey No. 3690. Together with a non-exclusive easement for the purpose of ingress and egress from the above described premises to the public road. More commonly known as 27785 Isaac Road, aka 27785 Isaac Creek Road, Huson, MT 59846. Michael F. Manthey, as Grantor, conveyed said real property to Charles J. Peterson, as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, its successors and assigns, by Deed of Trust on January 16, 2008, and filed for record in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder in Missoula County, State of Montana, on January 25, 2008 as Instrument No.

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PUBLIC NOTICES MNAXLP 200801735, in Book 812, at Page 394, of Official Records.The Deed of Trust was assigned for value as follows: Assignee: Bank of America, N.A. Assignment Dated: July 27, 2015 Assignment Recorded:August 3, 2015 Assignment Recording Information: as Instrument No. 201513819, in Book 948, at Page 502, All in the records of the County Clerk and Recorder for Missoula County, Montana Benjamin J. Mann is the Successor Trustee pursuant to a Substitution of Trustee recorded in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Missoula County, State of Montana, on November 14, 2017 as Instrument No. 201723001, in Book 989, at Page 459, of Official Records.The Beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust due to Grantor’s failure to make monthly payments beginning April 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against

the property or loan. By reason of said default, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said Trust Deed immediately due and payable. The total amount due on this obligation is the principal sum of $61,392.53, interest in the sum of $4,348.53, escrow advances of $0.00, other amounts due and payable in the amount of $900.62 for a total amount owing of $66,641.68, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other fees and costs that may be incurred or advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantor. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust.

Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the

Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale, and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the Beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed, without any representation or warranty, including warranty of title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The Grantor, successor in interest to the

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Grantor, or any other person having an interest in the property, has the right, at any time prior to the Trustee’s Sale, to pay to the Beneficiary, or the successor in interest to the Beneficiary, the entire amount then due under the Deed of Trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default complained of herein that is capable of being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligation or to cure the default, by paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Deed of Trust with Successor Trustee’s and attorney’s fees. In the event that all defaults are cured the foreclosure will be dismissed and the foreclosure sale will be canceled. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason. In the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the Trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.

If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Successor Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse.This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Dated this 2nd day of February, 2018. Benjamin J. Mann, Substitute Trustee 376 East 400 South, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 Telephone: 801-355-2886 Office Hours: Mon.-Fri., 8AM-5PM (MST) File No. 50825

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TO BE SOLD FOR CASH AT TRUSTEE’S SALE on May 25, 2018, at 11:00 AM at the Main Door of the Missoula County Courthouse located at 200 West Broadway in Missoula, MT 59802, the following described real property situated in Missoula County, Montana: The N1/2 of Lots 1 and 2, which N1/2 of said lots is a tract 80 feet facing Spruce Street and 58.75 feet facing “A” Street, of Block “A” of the REPLACEMENT PLAT OF LA POINT ADDITION, according to the official plat thereof, as filed in the Clerk and Recorder`s Office, Missoula County, Montana Joseph J.Turk III and Dorene M. Turk, as Grantor(s), conveyed said real property to Allen L. Karell, ESQ., as Trustee, to secure an obligation owed to One Stop Mortgage, Inc., a Wyoming Corporation, as Beneficiary, by Deed of Trust dated on May 24, 1999, and recorded on June 2, 1999 as Book 584 Page 1372, Doc Number 199914976.The beneficial interest is currently held by U.S. Bank NA, successor trustee to Bank of America, NA, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as trustee, on behalf of the holders of the Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-2. First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., is currently the Trustee.The beneficiary has declared a default in the terms of said Deed of Trust by failing to make the monthly payments beginning April 1, 2017, and each month subsequent, which monthly installments would have been applied on the principal and interest due on said obligation and other charges against the property or loan.The total amount due on this obligation as of October 7, 2017 is

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$93,844.72 principal, interest totaling $4,216.76, escrow advances of $615.12, suspense balance of $-51.00, plus accruing interest, late charges, and other costs and fees that may be advanced. The Beneficiary anticipates and may disburse such amounts as may be required to preserve and protect the property and for real property taxes that may become due or delinquent, unless such amounts of taxes are paid by the Grantors. If such amounts are paid by the Beneficiary, the amounts or taxes will be added to the obligations secured by the Deed of Trust. Other expenses to be charged against the proceeds of this sale include the Trustee’s fees and attorney’s fees, costs and expenses of the sale and late charges, if any. Beneficiary has elected, and has directed the Trustee to sell the above described property to satisfy the obligation. The sale is a public sale and any person, including the beneficiary, excepting only the Trustee, may bid at the sale. The bid price must be paid immediately upon the close of bidding in cash or cash equivalents (valid money orders, certified checks or cashier’s checks). The conveyance will be made by Trustee’s Deed without any representation or warranty, including warranty of Title, express or implied, as the sale is made strictly on an as-is, where-is basis, without limitation, the sale is being made subject to all existing conditions, if any, of lead paint, mold or other environmental or health hazards. The sale purchaser shall be entitled to possession of the property on the 10th day following the sale. The grantor, successor in interest to the grantor or any other person having an interest in the property, at any time prior to the trustee’s sale, may pay to the beneficiary or the successor in interest to the beneficiary the entire amount then due under the deed of trust and the obligation secured thereby (including costs and expenses actually incurred and attorney’s fees) other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and thereby cure the default. The scheduled Trustee’s Sale may be postponed by public proclamation up to 15 days for any reason, and in the event of a bankruptcy filing, the sale may be postponed by the trustee for up to 120 days by public proclamation at least every 30 days.THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Dated: January 22, 2018 /s/ Rae Albert Assistant Secretary, First American Title Company of Montana, Inc. Successor Trustee Title Financial Specialty Services PO Box 339 Blackfoot ID 83221 STATE OF Idaho )) ss. County of Bingham) On this 22nd day of January, 2018, before me, a notary public in and for said County and State, personally appeared Rae Albert, know to me to be the Assistant Secretary of First American Title Company of Montana, Inc., Successor Trustee, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same. /s/ Kaitlin Ann Gotch Notary Public Bingham County, Idaho Commission expires: 07/29/2022 Select Portfolio Servicing Inc. vs Joseph J Turk III Dorene M Turk 104401-1

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